Did he also have a point in being angry at the improved contract we offered him? Surely that's a bit much, no?
Because he wasn't underpaid at the time, things change fast.
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If you would have to pick between giving a long term contract to Ronaldo or Griezmann at a reported wage Atletico are offering, what would you choose?
Probably because they haven’t anywhere near as many players on huge contracts as Real and have the budget to pay 1 player that silly wage(a star key player for them)
But we already have Ronaldo under contract until 2021, at which point he will be what, 35? 36?
I'm confident PSG will, if not this year then next.
Age, years left on his contract and release clause matters.. but if there are football fans that don't understand why Ronaldo would be upset at earning less money from Madrid than what Griezmann gets from Atletico then there is no point even talking about it.
Come on, dude, be a bit objective here. The way he did it with his comments just after the final whistle of the CL final is what is still bothering most of us. It's just a ridiculous thing to do.I'm confident PSG will, if not this year then next.
The problem with this is Ronaldo's the one getting hate from his team's fans for not running his contract down
Griezmann and Messi got the huge contracts by holding their clubs ransom... Ronaldo's trying to negotiate with the club and Madrid fans are the ones angry at their own player because some random media source says he's unhappy for the 1000th time despite everyone knowing that already. It's bonkers.
I'm confident PSG will, if not this year then next.
The problem with this is Ronaldo's the one getting hate from his team's fans for not running his contract down
Griezmann and Messi got the huge contracts by holding their clubs ransom... Ronaldo's trying to negotiate with the club and Madrid fans are the ones angry at their own player because some random media source says he's unhappy for the 1000th time despite everyone knowing that already. It's bonkers.
Age, years left on his contract and release clause matters.. but if there are football fans that don't understand why Ronaldo would be upset at earning less money from Madrid than what Griezmann gets from Atletico then there is no point even talking about it.
He's been one of the worlds highest earning sports stars for the last decade. Anyone sympathising with him because he's not earning a few million more is soft in the head.
He's not asking for that though, every single report said he was asking for 30 million which would be a 9 million increase. Even if that might be pushing it for his age and the fact Madrid are in a very strong position in these negotiations, it's hardly like it's a insane amount of money that would have any big impact on the club especially given it's just for 3 years. I understand the club being reticent to give him the money but I don't understand so many fans being upset he's asking for it.
You can't reduce this to the "Griezmann is earning more money" argument, because then Modric, Kroos or Marcelo have been robbed in their Real Madrid careers compared to Benzema, Ronaldo or Ramos.I'm confident PSG will, if not this year then next.
The problem with this is Ronaldo's the one getting hate from his team's fans for not running his contract down
Griezmann and Messi got the huge contracts by holding their clubs ransom... Ronaldo's trying to negotiate with the club and Madrid fans are the ones angry at their own player because some random media source says he's unhappy for the 1000th time despite everyone knowing that already. It's bonkers.
Age, years left on his contract and release clause matters.. but if there are football fans that don't understand why Ronaldo would be upset at earning less money from Madrid than what Griezmann gets from Atletico then there is no point even talking about it.
They have, not sure about the others but Marcelo has every right to be asking for more money than what he's getting for example.
That wasn't even an opinion, it was a fact so I don't understand the laughter. Maybe my english wasn't good enough but I meant that if Madrid are negotiating a new contract in such a comfortable position it's because Ronaldo did not put them in that uncomfortable position. Neymar got the huge contract because it's the only way PSG could get him, Messi got the huge contract by running his contract down and Griezmann will get his huge contract due to his release clause.
That's a different thing then, I understand being mad at that for the timing of it.
I didn't say you should feel bad for him ffs. I said it wasn't hard to understand why he wouldn't be happy earning what he's earning when you look at what other stars are getting.
Well, if he took a look in his own dressing room he would be really happy tbh. Why always look at the few ones who have it better?
Exactly. If Madrid doesn't like him anyway, or can't match Ronaldo's demand, they can just sell him. A win win to both parties.
What a fecking mess that would be. Give me strength.
Your right Vato.
Messi gets paid 50m a year (after tax), and none of Barca's fans (in here) even give a feck. Ronaldo, Ballon d'Or holder in the last two years, and massively helping Madrid getting 3 consecutive CL trophies; only asking 30m.
Messi did not tell the world of his unhappiness right after a CL final. Think it's also partly due to desperation. Messi was gonna walk for free.
That's right. Why would Ronaldo showed his "unhappiness" if things could go smoothly behind the scene with Madrid?
Take your point, but Messi is 31 in less than 2 weeks, and Ronaldo is 33. He's not "Much younger". Neymar is, yes.
You're the one who keeps waffling on about Messi.
£50m after tax? So probably about £1.5m a week gross!? That's silly.
Oh if only that was true in the lad Ronaldo's ego
He's 31 already? Thought he was younger than that. How time flies.As a pro, it does fecking matter on what your other colleague getting paid. Sorry, I guess you've never been an upper echelon pro, it seems.
Well, on June 24th
Yea but he actually earns it, so why would you jold that against him? We all try to maximise our salaries, especially if youre skilled labour, nothing wrong with that. He just happens to be in the position that gets paid astronomical money. Theres no point being jealous about it.
Zlatan was a godsend. Schwjkwjftiger was a bad deal, but all these young guys got us feck all
Hmm, I'm gonna disagree, to a degree.
More, actually
He's not eternal, we will have to move on sooner or later. This is actually a good time for it. After 3 CL in a row, a competitive but trophyless transition season would not be the the earth-shattering disaster it would normally be
It's supply and demand. If there's a club willing to give him what he wants, all he has to do is bring us an offer. We're not holding him hostage. Posturing aside, i think we'd try to facilitate a move if he's adamant about it. Of course we won't just let him walk for peanuts though
That is the whole thing. What pisses us off is the way he's gone about it. The tax case doesn't help either. He can talk all he wants about this being about status, but go convince the vast majority of people the issue isn't related to the tax case...
When Messi's current deal expires, he will be...33
I agree. I absolutely wouldn’t want Ronaldo here again at this stage in his career. He’s a great player but not what we need anymore. We need to be signing prospects who have a similar level of potential to a young Rooney and Ronaldo. That’s the good stuff!
