Cristiano Ronaldo (153 Viewers)

kao_ray

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Feb 28, 2014
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I like Ronaldo and am happy for the goals he scored while here, but his transfer was an obvious mistake if we couldn’t afford to build a proper team around him. As the cherry on top, that takes a team that final step from contender to best, he would have been fantastic, but bringing him into an aging team that needed a lot of work, especially in the midfield, was not a great idea.
In itself Ronaldo was not a mistake. It was a mistake to get a 100 million player on a massive wages without reinforcing the squad with capable supporting players and even weakening it with players like Ramsey, Pellegrini, Bernardeschi and so on. Not to mention the pathetic coach experiments.
 

Luca

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Apr 22, 2007
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it's probably happening and we'll sign sh*tty players.
I’d rather have bled something good player wise out of City, but it seems like they are doing this on Mendes’ beckoning rather than their own. Not at all confident that we’d get someone worthwhile with that petty cash and such a small window left.
 

Bianconero81

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Jan 26, 2009
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The Azzurri won the Euro 2020 with those type of players, so ... BRING THEM ON :tuttosport::tuttosport::tuttosport:
Italy's midfield is better than anything Juventus can put out at this point in time.

Also, the level of competition at club level is much higher, you play a lot more games, and you need to remain focused, fit and motivated for 8-9 months, not just 5-6 weeks. Squad rotation is going to be very important, and currently our squad looks thin and unbalanced.
 

Boksic

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May 11, 2005
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I’d rather have bled something good player wise out of City, but it seems like they are doing this on Mendes’ beckoning rather than their own. Not at all confident that we’d get someone worthwhile with that petty cash and such a small window left.
I'm theory we'll have more than the transfer fee because we'll save 10 months of Ronaldo's salary plus tax. That is a decent pot of money.

But I agree it is too late in the window and I struggle to think of any good options other than Vlahovic who seems unlikely to move.
 

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