Yep, it’s being phrased as if Ronaldo is battling to leave United and get them to say yes but literally nobody he wants to join wants to sign him
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We should just mutually end the contract, but he doesn’t want that does he, because nobody except Saudis will pay him the wages he’s on.
He’s turning himself into a pretzel trying to spin this. He’s actually suggesting despite interest from Atletico and Bayern, United are holding onto Ronaldo for dear life, completely ignoring the statements by the club CEOs that they do not wish to touch him with a 20 foot pole.
100%
I honestly think Bayern is his only chance. They might struggle to adapt to post-Lewy reality and move for him
Whatever happens with Ronaldo, the club needs to make sure it is not paying Ronaldo another dime of money once he leaves. That is the absolute worst possible solution available.
Eh? What? Why would they anyway?
Loan.
Rot with reserves whilst getting 400k per week is not an option.
Terminate contract on mutual agreement and laugh at him as nobody relevant will want him even for free.
Terminate contract on mutual agreement and laugh at him as nobody relevant will want him even for free.
Why would he agree to that?
Why wouldn’t he? He’s desperate to leave and nobody wants to buy him. A free transfer being granted by United is probably his only chance of getting a new club.
He would also risk earning considerably less, since there don't seem to be willing buyers, as you said. Don't really think the fee United demands is the stumbling block here
But he can always take Saudi’s offer and go there for 125m/season. Though, in such case it’s better to sell him there for some 30m
Fair point, yeah
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Absolutely. But we should have offered this as soon as he wanted out and before he found that no top clubs are remotely interested, let alone for the financial package he has at United. Now we will be left with him and hard to see how his presence won’t jeopardise the team atmosphere Ten Hag has tried to build throughout pre-season.
We need to start acting like a big club again in these situations.
How many times do Oliver Kahn and H. Salihamidzic have to repeat that they're not interested at all?
He even explained why CR would not fit their philosophy and structure.
Of course, if he'd be willing to play for 200k a week, they might reconsider it, but that's a moot point.
Boo hoo
At this point, I would take a Griezmann/Ronaldo swap deal.
Nope. Ronaldo will either leave United or just have to put up for a few months then see what happens in the winter transfer window post-World Cup. Don't need to replace a malcontent with a misfit
Buy why? Griezmann doesn’t fit our philosophy, most likely
God no. He'd have fitted in perfectly last season with clowns like Pogba, Lingard and Cavani. He doesn't fit the Ten Hag era one iota
Not going to happen anyway but although Grizemann is a bit of an idiot he's a hard worker whenever I've seen him. Pressing from the front wouldn't be a problem with him i imagine.
If he can succeed under Simeone and his work ethic I’m sure he’d be fine. Bonus is that Griezmann could play RW or ST. Could be an option if Antony isn’t possible.
I wasn't saying we shouldn't sell or loan if we get a offer. As long as we get one more attacker, we should do that. However, at this moment , it looks tough to get a replacement. We already lost Greenwood and if we lose Ronaldo too , goals would be very hard to come.
Everyone knows what Ronaldo brings to the team and what he takes out. I am sure ETH also thought in detail about this and probably came to conclusion that we need to keep him to get the goals.
If you have asked me end of last season whether Ronaldo would prefer to stay this season at Utd, I would have said probably not because he values himself very high to play in Europa. But did Club management thought about this and have a contigency plan? Based on their past actions, probably not.
It was reported in media that he took a paycut to join Utd from Juventus but it was probably from ~550k to ~450k. Not a huge paycut. If he asks for wages of around ~200K , I am sure there will be many suitors.
More like Tier poop.
Ah Phil Brown. An old forum favourite of summer transfer windows. I guess since United didn’t tour the States this summer, that’s why we haven’t heard from him.
He doesn’t know a thing
Is it just me that believes him that he's made some connections over the years having interviewed several United players?
Pilib v Pilger. Battle of the ITKs. Who will prevail?
Pilib is great
100m for Antony
Only fools will agree to that price. But then I remember I support Manchester United and we have Richard Arnold and Murtough at the helm
Only fools will agree to that price. But then I remember I support Manchester United and we have Richard Arnold and Murtough at the helm
What? Griezmann is in horrendous form last I checked. He scored 3 league goals last season.
The beauty of leaving things late
New board, new united, new ways of botching up a window
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