Cristiano Ronaldo (144 Viewers)

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Zebrastreifenpferd
Mar 13, 2011
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Amusing how people are only now realising what should have been obvious before he even signed the contract.
I think we were all pretty excited at the time, and on top of that we trusted the management to know what it was doing.

Signing Higuain for such a huge amount was a shock but didn't wreck us, so we figured that's where we were.
 

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s4tch

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2015
33,645
I'm with you. It feels like Juve is trying to get out of paying him on some kind of legal technicality or loophole.

Ronaldo has every right to ask for the money he's owed
question is whether he has the right and to me it looks like it's rather him who used some loopholes to get the money

it's about the deferred wages. the players who got their wages for the covid season were still at the club when they got their compensation. the explanation of the verdict isn't out yet but allegedly the jury argued that while no appropriate documents were signed by ronaldo, he was probably promised to get that money, and while both parties are responsible, he can't get the whole amount he's asking for, but he's entitled to the half of it. such a weird thing. again, there was no signed contract about that money. and the jury's decision wasn't even that obvious, it was a split decision which is unusual. and last year his request was already denied.

but it's nice to know that some juve fans surely know that ronaldo has every right to ask for that money.
 

RKid1

Senior Member
Jun 29, 2020
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I'm not a Ronaldo hater by any means, but if he was able to put his ego aside, he'd still be banging in important goals as a rotational player for a top club in Europe....

And look, the guy is a proven winner and one of the greatest players of all time. So it would be silly for me to say he only cares about money/individual stats or criticize his career in any way. If he was ready to move on to this stage in his career (like Messi), so be it. But it just felt like he had something left to give in Europe and left prematurely.
 

campionesidd

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Mar 16, 2013
16,817
I'm not a Ronaldo hater by any means, but if he was able to put his ego aside, he'd still be banging in important goals as a rotational player for a top club in Europe....

And look, the guy is a proven winner and one of the greatest players of all time. So it would be silly for me to say he only cares about money/individual stats or criticize his career in any way. If he was ready to move on to this stage in his career (like Messi), so be it. But it just felt like he had something left to give in Europe and left prematurely.
But now he can become a billionaire while also stat padding like crazy
 

RKid1

Senior Member
Jun 29, 2020
824
But now he can become a billionaire while also stat padding like crazy
I mean, I get it. Messi is doing the same thing in the MLS. If that is their priority at this point in their careers over being complimentary players making 20% of what they're making now, I completely understand.
 

Xperd

Allegrophobic Infidel
Jun 1, 2012
34,901
I'm not a Ronaldo hater by any means, but if he was able to put his ego aside, he'd still be banging in important goals as a rotational player for a top club in Europe....

And look, the guy is a proven winner and one of the greatest players of all time. So it would be silly for me to say he only cares about money/individual stats or criticize his career in any way. If he was ready to move on to this stage in his career (like Messi), so be it. But it just felt like he had something left to give in Europe and left prematurely.
5 CL's, several league championships, a EURO, still retains his place in the Portugal NT

He's done enough. He probably wants to end his career with 1000 goals to his name. It's just an individual legacy battle now.
 

RKid1

Senior Member
Jun 29, 2020
824
5 CL's, several league championships, a EURO, still retains his place in the Portugal NT

He's done enough. He probably wants to end his career with 1000 goals to his name. It's just an individual legacy battle now.
And again, if that's his mindset, I certainly have no problem with it.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,333
I mean, I get it. Messi is doing the same thing in the MLS. If that is their priority at this point in their careers over being complimentary players making 20% of what they're making now, I completely understand.

Messi is playing football for fun with his friends for a likeable club owner in what is basically a latino city with one of the most pleasant climates in the world.

Ronaldo is on his own in the desert.
 

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