Cristiano Ronaldo (109 Viewers)

Suns

Release clause?
May 22, 2009
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lol, where exactly would he go? Real and Barca? No. England? No, unless he wants to fight for CL spots with Chelsea or Utd. PSG? Would they bench Neymar? And his wages are astronomical and Italy's tax rules make it somehow feasible.

Also, Ronaldo is not a very easy player to accommodate. He wants to play on a wing yet not do any work pressing/tracking back, he also wants to finish everything. I've watched Juve enough to see how players literally look to Ronaldo before seeing where the goal is.

Juventus has turned into the CR7 show, as if we don't have a long history of being a winning machine.
 

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May 23, 2013
4,312
He has turned me into a real fan since joining. However, if I am honest, signing Ronaldo was not in Juventus' best interest when it comes to performance on the field of play. That money should have been funneled into improving this shitty midfield and other lacking parts of the squad.

When it comes to an individual performance basis. He has been fantastic as on the pitch. However, the team's overall performance level has decreased and the fact remains that there has been a decline when it comes to results since he's joined.

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He did the same with Benitez :lol:
I felt bad for Benitez tbh. I remember reading how he wasn't allowed to start Casemiero against Barca in their 4-0 thrashing. And then right after Zidane joins he starts Casemiero at the base of midfield and the team turned a new leaf lol.

Ofc tho that's only a small part of why Madrid improved so much under Zidane.
 

MikeM

Footballing Hipster celebrating 4th place with Tuz
Sep 21, 2008
12,850
He has turned me into a real fan since joining. However, if I am honest, signing Ronaldo was not in Juventus' best interest when it comes to performance on the field of play. That money should have been funneled into improving this shitty midfield and other lacking parts of the squad.

When it comes to an individual performance basis. He has been fantastic as on the pitch. However, the team's overall performance level has decreased and the fact remains that there has been a decline when it comes to results since he's joined.

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I felt bad for Benitez tbh. I remember reading how he wasn't allowed to start Casemiero against Barca in their 4-0 thrashing. And then right after Zidane joins he starts Casemiero at the base of midfield and the team turned a new leaf lol.

Ofc tho that's only a small part of why Madrid improved so much under Zidane.
Ya but it didn't take much to build a team around him. We went with possibly the worst option, Matuidi.

If we had even signed someone like De Paul a year ago, and make a couple other smart CM signings, the whole team would be different. An upgrade from F to a B+ would still be huge.
 

Buck Fuddy

Lara Chedraoui fanboy
May 22, 2009
10,891
Juventus has turned into the CR7 show, as if we don't have a long history of being a winning machine.
Obviously. The same would have happened to any other team that signed him.


However, if I am honest, signing Ronaldo was not in Juventus' best interest when it comes to performance on the field of play. That money should have been funneled into improving this shitty midfield and other lacking parts of the squad.

When it comes to an individual performance basis. He has been fantastic as on the pitch. However, the team's overall performance level has decreased and the fact remains that there has been a decline when it comes to results since he's joined.
Of course signing him wasn't in our best interest. It always amazed me how most people thought it was, how most people thought & still think this was a good deal for us.
 

Suns

Release clause?
May 22, 2009
22,090
Sounds like he's warning Agnelli to make some choices. He probably has a gentlemans agreement with Agnelli anyway if he wants to leave.
 

pavelnel

Senior Member
Oct 24, 2006
2,474
Sounds like he's warning Agnelli to make some choices. He probably has a gentlemans agreement with Agnelli anyway if he wants to leave.
I, personally, could not care less about Ronaldo. Why should a 35 guy determine the future of a 120 years old, ultra-successful football club? Who TF thinks it is a good idea to build a team for him? LOL.
 

Pegi

Senior Member
Feb 22, 2019
1,825
I, personally, could not care less about Ronaldo. Why should a 35 guy determine the future of a 120 years old, ultra-successful football club? Who TF thinks it is a good idea to build a team for him? LOL.
Nobody is going to build around him, never really did. He can adapt, just like does with the Portugal. They played literally the most organized and defensive systems in the world with Fernando Santos in 2016 EURO's and still kind of do, so it's not something that we will bring the right players for him, just bring the quality and he will fit there better than anyone else. RM sold their Ozil, Di Maria etc and he had no problems to adapt. They had Mourinho, they had other coaches and he always adapted. Under Zidane he played less, which again was adapting. Nothing needs to be build around him, except quality because otherwise his skillset is going to be wasted and since we're Juventus, quality is expected in here so it's a win-win situation.

Now move on with your stupid thoughts.
 

pavelnel

Senior Member
Oct 24, 2006
2,474
Nobody is going to build around him, never really did. He can adapt, just like does with the Portugal. They played literally the most organized and defensive systems in the world with Fernando Santos in 2016 EURO's and still kind of do, so it's not something that we will bring the right players for him, just bring the quality and he will fit there better than anyone else. RM sold their Ozil, Di Maria etc and he had no problems to adapt. They had Mourinho, they had other coaches and he always adapted. Under Zidane he played less, which again was adapting. Nothing needs to be build around him, except quality because otherwise his skillset is going to be wasted and since we're Juventus, quality is expected in here so it's a win-win situation.

Now move on with your stupid thoughts.
Such a pile of garbage you wrote that I feel almost ashamed replying to you. Almost.
There has never been a team where Ronaldo has had to adapt to. Never ever. Every team he has played for worked for him and his massive ego. He was the focal point at every single team he has been part of. Ronaldo has never sacrificed his style of play, his positioning, or movements but every single player he has ever played with had to accommodate the big star.
 

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