There is no denying Ronaldo's quality. He is special no doubt. Although I have noticed, unsurprisingly, that he is not as sharp as he used to be and had missed some you would expect him to score.
The free kick issue.....I mean he shouldn't take them.... His record sucks but managers and players are too scared to say no.
His ego is even bigger than the player he is though and that creates problems.
You never get the sense he is happy here.... Always feel we are not good enough for him etc.
Between amortization and gross wages, he is costing us EU80-90m a year. So if we sold him for 25-30m (book value remaining) that is what we save.
If letting him go meant we improve the weakest area of the team while getting a less brilliant but still dependable goal scorer as a replacement then I am 100% on board.
The problem is the timing and the lack of planning on our part to make use of his desire to leave earlier!
Ronaldo also not helping by wanting to leave so late.