Cristiano Ronaldo (320 Viewers)

Elvin

Senior Member
Nov 25, 2005
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Ronaldo's stay was magical. I enjoyed the 'Siuuus' every time he scored and his performances. However, he did not achieve what he brought to do; the CL. For this reason, he cannot be a Juventus legend. Tevez on the other hand felt more like a legend because he dragged us all the way to the CL final back in 2015. Not that I am blaming Ronaldo or saying Tevez is better.
My personal criteria is that legends of the game, shall automatically considered legends of every club they played for no matter the achievements or duration in a particular club. But that's just me.
 

Osman

Koul Khara!
Aug 30, 2002
61,499
If he thinks that he still need some stepping stone before the big moves (as he still 22 next year), we will be the perfect place for him looking at our core young players. Maybe the leap will happen at 25 for him. Given our great relationship with Raiola, that is seems doable. and we will be just okay to slap some 150m+ release clause in his contract, no problemo

I will pray day and night for God to put us in his heart
This dude just said Juventus is a stepping stone?
 

rainhard

Senior Member
May 5, 2004
4,365
This dude just said Juventus is a stepping stone?
As long as you can't compete financially with the big clubs, we will be seen as stepping stone for top talents like Haaland

- We have medium capacity stadium, so medium revenue
- We have medium apparel sponsorship, we dont even get half what Real Madrid/barca, or top EPL club getting
- We have medium main kit sponsorship, we dont even get half what Real Madrid/barca, or top EPL club getting

That is the fact for those top talent, even De Ligt is actually pick us as his stepping stone with view on 150m transfer in his release clause
I never said Juventus as stepping stone club, but I just want to emphasize that is the view from top talents when they looking at us and our past history as we are not their final destination
 

Hust

Senior Member
Hustini
May 29, 2005
93,703
My summary:
-€400M isn’t to cover COVID losses. It’s to replace the €300M from 2019 which was burned up by Covid. Those funds were to be used as part of a 5 year plan (2019-2024) to fund a growth strategy.
-The total expected impact from covid is €320M from 2019-2022, so in theory this injection should provide for €380M in funds to be invested into the growth project. This is enough to pay off all of Juventus’ net debt (€350M)…it’s a shit load of cash. And it’s going to be used to grow the club not pay off their debt because Juventus usually maintains debt around those levels.

-Ronaldo leaving a year early for a transfer fee in the icing on the cake. The company would expense €90M (€60M cash from his gross wages + €30M in amortization) related to Ronaldo. That essentially disappears, lowering Juve’s cost base by €90M
-Juve’s wage bill is about €310M right now. Ronaldo was being paid €60M…that is considerable relief. Wage bill drops to €250M. Revenues will also recover somewhat this year as people are allowed back into Stadiums.

- the key is that Ronaldo didn’t provide Juventus with growth decree benefits. By electing to have his foreign income at $100k, his salary couldn’t be taxed at the lower level in conjunction with the growth decree (where 50% of income is taxable). The result? €60m in gross wages yielded €35M net. If Juve replace him with a foreign star(s), they would be able to pay €47M in net wages out of the same €60M gross.

The result: my belief is by year end, we’ll be swimming in cash. We can totally afford Haaland. Don’t think small because remember that original €300M in 2019 was to buy the next Ronaldo. Juve will try for Haaland. Perhaps they fail. But I promise they try.


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You're a freak of nature.

Thank God your a Juve fan and a member of this forum.

My brain is still processing at "400m isn't to cover COVID losses"....I should have this ingested by Monday.
 

X Æ A-12

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Sep 4, 2006
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The result: my belief is by year end, we’ll be swimming in cash. We can totally afford Haaland. Don’t think small because remember that original €300M in 2019 was to buy the next Ronaldo. Juve will try for Haaland. Perhaps they fail. But I promise they try.


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Thank you for this. I needed this today.
 

tosh_rose

Senior Member
Aug 21, 2010
1,465
Now that he's finally gone I can say that I was equally happy when we signed him and when we sold him, he did a fine job here, scored 100 goals, broke some records, a big, big player.

I guess these last days I remembered one of the reasons that made me dislike him so much in last decade and a half - his primadonna nature and primadonna acting.

Perhaps noone except for his hardcore fanboys would have cared or give a fuck if he announced his exit at the end of the season or even at the start of the preparations for the current one, his departure was inevitable - this summer or the next one, all he needed to do is to be a man and say it - I don't like it here and I want to leave, and be done with it. Say goodbye, we thank him for the goals, wish him good luck and move on with our plans and strategies accordingly..

But no, he did it in his own pussy way, 3 days before the mercato end, when no sane club would sit on the table to negotiate a sale of any of their best players so we can adequately replace him. That was a dick move that put our club in a terrible situation that could have easily been avoided if he just announced his plans at the start of the transfer window, for that alone he gets one big "fuck you" from me.

So once again, thanks for the goals, some of them were amazing, top class, I tried to like him, it's somehow refreshing that I don't need to pretend anymore, he's officially someone else's problem now..
 

Clamarc

Senior Member
Sep 26, 2018
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I have strange feeling had Juve keep Pirlo he would've stayed for another year.
I think Allegri also wants him gone, for the better of the team

Was very excited when we signed him. Some memorable goals and performances
Well no more SIUUUU, thx for everything
 

Collaguazo

Pezuña Brava
Mar 4, 2012
3,610
What a mess…

if Allegri didn’t think Ronaldo fit In his plans or the management wanted to reduce the wage bill, fine. But don’t wait until the end of the mercato to do it. We could have easily got Donnaruma and maybe another a freebie with those wages.

And if Cristiano decided to leave in just short notice, management had to put their foot down. Come out and say Ronaldo is not leaving, period. Him leaving for 20M is a joke.

Overall, I have a feeling of sadness and frustration. Eliminated against Ajax thanks to two defensive blunders and against Lyon and Porto eliminated thanks to Betancourt being Betancourt. The first two hurt even more because the final was within reach (personally think Tottenham was no match) and we missed the final 8 in Lisbon where anything could happen.

We blew it and the god damm CL is not happening anytime soon.
 

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