The team is not going to be better next season without Ronaldo, that's the point. It will take a couple of years of smart deals to get back to being a team that can reach a final, again with or without Ronaldo.
Getting rid of Ronaldo doesn't mean the club is suddenly swimming in cash by the way, most of that money would be needed to find a replacement in a market where there aren't a lot of options,, but there is immense competition for those options. It shouldn't be underestimated as well as how much of the increase in sponsorship money in the past 3 years can be contributed to Ronaldo, it remains unclear how stable that level of income will be over the next couple of years without Ronaldo.
Getting rid of Ronaldo doesn't mean the club is suddenly swimming in cash by the way, most of that money would be needed to find a replacement in a market where there aren't a lot of options,, but there is immense competition for those options. It shouldn't be underestimated as well as how much of the increase in sponsorship money in the past 3 years can be contributed to Ronaldo, it remains unclear how stable that level of income will be over the next couple of years without Ronaldo.
Why would Ronaldo, who can still score 30 goals a season in a highly competitive league wind down his career in middle east or China?
I mean I understand the desperation to sell Ronaldo but people need to make some sense. You guys want to offload a guaranteed 30 goal a season output and expect a non existent, injury prone Dybala to suddenly start firing on all cylinders again and an inconsistent Morata to replicate Ronaldo's goal output?
This would be on the same level of stupidity of going from Allegri to Sarri to Pirlo.
I mean I understand the desperation to sell Ronaldo but people need to make some sense. You guys want to offload a guaranteed 30 goal a season output and expect a non existent, injury prone Dybala to suddenly start firing on all cylinders again and an inconsistent Morata to replicate Ronaldo's goal output?
This would be on the same level of stupidity of going from Allegri to Sarri to Pirlo.
That is for Tici and the scouts to figure out.
Also we could somewhat compromise in attack if we had goals coming from midfield but we don't have that either.
When we reached 2 finals, we had Tevez and Higuain carrying the goalscoring burden. They gave you guaranteed amount of goals. With Morata and Dybala, I just can't trust them to lead the line as effectively as we wish to.
Also we could somewhat compromise in attack if we had goals coming from midfield but we don't have that either.
When we reached 2 finals, we had Tevez and Higuain carrying the goalscoring burden. They gave you guaranteed amount of goals. With Morata and Dybala, I just can't trust them to lead the line as effectively as we wish to.
I love Cris, but all I know is that Bernabeu would boo the shit out of him for the whole rest of season for a performance like last night and you know what? he would actually work his ass off to make it up to them.
Thats why you either perform for them or GTFO. Thats how theyve won so much. The more we keep putting players on pedestal instead of demanding top performances all the time, the more mediocre we will keep being.
Thats why you either perform for them or GTFO. Thats how theyve won so much. The more we keep putting players on pedestal instead of demanding top performances all the time, the more mediocre we will keep being.
I've highlighted every midfielder we have signed post-Ronaldo
Can - free
Rabiot - free
Ramsey - free
McKennie - 18m or something
Arthur - the big transfer fee was a money laundering scheme with Barca, in reality we only paid like 20m tops
It's pretty clear that we are penny-pinching hard in midfield to accommodate for his wages.
Can - free
Rabiot - free
Ramsey - free
McKennie - 18m or something
Arthur - the big transfer fee was a money laundering scheme with Barca, in reality we only paid like 20m tops
It's pretty clear that we are penny-pinching hard in midfield to accommodate for his wages.
Those players were not free. Can's sing on fee was 16m or something, cannot imagine Ramsey and Rabiot were (much) lower.
McKennie and Arthur were more than 40m together plus huge wages for Arthur.
And midfield signings only do not determine that.
We spent 40m on Cancelo the summer we signed him, then 80m on De Ligt, 18m on Demiral, Chiesa and Morata not on cheap loans, gave money to Matuidi, Higuain, Mario and Khedira just to leave etc. Kulusevski for 44.
We changed 80% of the team in two years ffs, this is not a team that is penny pinching. We were never the richest, but there is no way we could not have spent 100m or so on midfield. We just decided not to and spend it in other positions.
McKennie and Arthur were more than 40m together plus huge wages for Arthur.
And midfield signings only do not determine that.
We spent 40m on Cancelo the summer we signed him, then 80m on De Ligt, 18m on Demiral, Chiesa and Morata not on cheap loans, gave money to Matuidi, Higuain, Mario and Khedira just to leave etc. Kulusevski for 44.
We changed 80% of the team in two years ffs, this is not a team that is penny pinching. We were never the richest, but there is no way we could not have spent 100m or so on midfield. We just decided not to and spend it in other positions.
