We don't have a single striker in the team that can be relied upon right now except him.
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Mendes shopping Ronaldo around this summer is a clear indication that, at a bare minimum, the upcoming season will be make or break for United regarding Ronaldo's future. If Mendes can find a club that's willing to deal with United, though, I wouldn't be surprised if Ronaldo leaves this summer.
So 120 million budget will get us a top midfielder, striker, right back and right winger? I very much doubt it suits United as we have no replacement and can't afford one. I'm happy to have him around for 1 more season.
His agent is offering him around according to very good sources. And if Chelsea do come in for him I think he'll want to leave because I don't believe his agent is offering him around to rival clubs without Ronaldo's knowledge. And Ronaldo at his age will want to play in the CL if given the choice.
For me it doesn't matter if he leaves now or next season. And if he left during the current window, we'd free up a huge chunk of his wages that could go towards a forward who would potentially be a better fit for the high intensity play style of ten Hag.
This. Incredible that anyone would think differently. We don't have a single striker to replace him in the squad and enough other holes to fill without needing to look out for a new number 9.
Imagine the wages we have cleared already - Cavani, Mata, Pogba, Henderson, Lingard and Matic - and if we somehow manage to get rid of 3-4 more players on a decent salary - we could clear close to £1.5 m from our wages - multiply that by 52 and you can see how much money we have saved - then off course the new players need a salary, but if we sign 4 players on £200.000 a week - we will still save close to £40 million a year in salaries.
Just worry about our ability to sell players
Been saying the same thing. It would benefit all parties.
I'd love for Ronaldo to leave. Ronaldo gives us goals, but he's also old and that evidently affects his play and consistency. I saw some stat which i don't remember correctly/exactly, but it was something along the lines of ronaldo only scoring in 4 games out 17 played between November and March/April. The guy quite simply speaking was not a consistent goal scorer for us. Then there's the issue that he's not a "real number 9" and frequently drops deep to play as a winger like he's still 23 years old; something that frustrated Juventus fans quite a lot. It was evidently the tactical issue that affected the teams shape going forward.
Which is why i always contended that even with Ronaldo we need a striker but knowing the football incompetents upstairs I can easily see us not getting one because "it's okay we have Ronaldo." If Ronaldo leaves it'll speed up the process and we'll start shopping for a striker this summer. A striker and a RW plugs the holes we have in our front 3. That alongside two midfielders and hopefuly an RB would be a succesful window.
Now the major issue is the striker market, there just isn't one if we're looking for affordable acquisitions. Really the only notable name left in the market is Osimhen, but he'd cost over 80m euros. But honestly United will have to come to terms with the fact that that's the minimum price for potential world class players.
Which is why i always contended that even with Ronaldo we need a striker but knowing the football incompetents upstairs I can easily see us not getting one because "it's okay we have Ronaldo." If Ronaldo leaves it'll speed up the process and we'll start shopping for a striker this summer. A striker and a RW plugs the holes we have in our front 3. That alongside two midfielders and hopefuly an RB would be a succesful window.
Now the major issue is the striker market, there just isn't one if we're looking for affordable acquisitions. Really the only notable name left in the market is Osimhen, but he'd cost over 80m euros. But honestly United will have to come to terms with the fact that that's the minimum price for potential world class players.
We won't buy a striker
Or this is Mendes\Ronaldo putting pressure on the club to spend some cash and bring players in
I fear they won't heed to this demand
Instead of looking at stats did you watch the games?
We were bloody awful around him he had a bit of bad luck when he did get chances and missed a few yes but if you think we will be better off this season without him then I think you are wrong there.
I think a move away for Ronaldo could benefit both parties as he is a tactical nightmare for anyone intending to play a high intensity style. The problem is who do we replace him with and do we have the funds to do so? Rashford and Martial clearly aren't it and we got fecked by losing that cretin who we won't mention.
I did watch the games, he was awful with the ball; struggled to hold it and pass it sufficiently. His overall play was awful throughout the entire season. His saving grace was that he still has a knack for scoring goals.
I never said we'd do well without him, hardly any team besides City does well without a striker. I am just annoyed by stopgaps and would rather speed up the process and look for a new striker.
Seriously, some of these 'journos' deserve to be hung, drawn and quartered.
Do you include his play in the Champions League for example as part of the "entire season"?
Seriously we are not buying a striker we are fecked without him.
He's served us well but I wouldn't mind him shuffling on. We'd have a massive need for a striker with not many available now.
I think he'll stay.
No idea who and nope we don't
Major red flags if Ronaldo would leave for Chelsea. It would have been bad enough if he joined City last season, but to do that after one season back, at this stage of career, shows how little faith he has in us.
Ronaldo leaving this summer is a problem we don’t need. Certainly not with MG around. We couldn’t buy 25 goals this summer and we don’t want ‘revolution’ anyway. Rather he stayed another year. My hope would be to get Felix next summer, although Gakpo also interests me a lot.
Ronaldo fecking off would sink the whole club into depression. The toxicity would be too much to handle.
I hope he stays.
I hope he stays.
Something something fans are too impatient, something something the transfer window has only been open for a few weeks.
Something something…
Well clearly its an issue
No Ronaldo and we will seriously struggle to score 50 goals next season.
I'm up for moving everyone on who doesn't want to be here
We'll be fine with or without him.
That's trusting the powers that be are able to close the deals and find the funds. Wages aren't an issue really it's more purchase budget. FDJ is going to take 3/4's of our budget.
Only if Ten Hag fails to improve anything from last season. A functional and cohesive team without Ronaldo can score more than 50 goals
This.
No Ronaldo means either we're in the hunt for an elite striker or we reliant on Rashford and Martial to get near 20 league goals 
That’s radical talk on here. Next you’ll be saying the team comes first!
The team coming first really would be radical!
Not with Martial, Rashford and Elanga as our front 3.
Funnily enough we managed it easily the year before though.
100% agree.
Also, EtH plays an intense pressing based system. We could probably do with a striker up top that sets the tone, not a 37 year old former great.
Let him go Chelsea, get some £m in from the sale, save £400k+ a week in wages and see who else we can bring in.
This could also lead to a redemption arc for either Rashford or Martial.
Even Ronaldo is fed up with the lack of transfers.
Didn’t Cavani and Mason get more than half of those though.
*not all our goals. Misread, thought they meant our forwards.
An in-form Bruno, Rashford and Martial plus goals from Cavani and Greenwood. Yep, funny that.
True.....just making the point that we were a better football team without him. Rashford, Cavani, Greenwood and Bruno all regressed this season because it was the Ronaldo show.
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