The Manchester United Thread

ronaldo wants out @ madrid is all over the papers if its true we shouldn't hold back and bring ronnie home even tho im a bit skeptical about believing it end of day even 2% chance we have to go all in imagine all what players like martial & rashford could learn from someone like ronaldo
 
loveunitedhatecity said:
ronaldo wants out @ madrid is all over the papers if its true we shouldn't hold back and bring ronnie home even tho im a bit skeptical about believing it end of day even 2% chance we have to go all in imagine all what players like martial & rashford could learn from someone like ronaldo
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But if we show even the vaguest of interest in him then la liga will be going through our books trying to get us punished by UEFA
 
This won't go down well here, but I'll make it clear I love Ronaldo and he's a legend in my eyes. But I'm not completely sold that even if he were to leave Madrid for an Old Trafford return this year, and that's a big IF, that it'd be the best thing in the world for us?!

Can we just put sentiment aside for a moment and look at it logically.

Where does he play?

He's turning 33, he barely dribbles or flies past players anymore, which is understandable. That's a little thing called age. LW isn't probably his most effective position now, Madrid notice this, and have moved him into more central areas last season, particularly in big games. The truth is, Madrid carries Ronaldo as much as his goals carry Madrid, if that makes sense. That's taking nothing away from him or his vital goals, he decides matches even at this age, he's a credit, it's just that he's not the flying machine he once was. But Madrid, with their insane team/squad, can afford to carry him and let him goal-poach as such.

We've just signed Lukaku for a mega fee, who has everything to be the main #9 for years to come, with Rashford, 19, vying with him. Martial can also do a very good job there. That's an average age of 21 between those 3, our CF options theoretically sorted for years, with the likely possibility of Greizmann next season to boot.

I'll be the first to admit if I'm wrong, but Ronaldo to United just won't happen, and probably rightly so. I love you Ron, but I'd prefer to take Bale as he would fit in nicely and has things that Mourinho wants from wingers; pace, good on counters, defensive work rate, with a guaranteed double figure output.
 
Mike. said:
I'd take Bale over Ronaldo
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But we'd take either lets be honest. You can't turn Ronaldo down, even now. He's a freak of nature, no telling when he's going to decline and even when he does, his ability and reading of the game he'll still be useful.
 
zzeezzy said:
But we'd take either lets be honest. You can't turn Ronaldo down, even now. He's a freak of nature, no telling when he's going to decline and even when he does, his ability and reading of the game he'll still be useful.
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As well as anything he can teach Martial/Rashford.
 
Salty ******! :)


ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes Europa League winners do not belong in the Champions League.
arsenal failed to qualify for the Champions League after finishing fifth in the Premier League last season and will instead play in the Europa League this term.

While rivals Manchester United, who finished below the Gunners in sixth, will be competing in Europe’s elite club competition after winning the Europa League.

But Wenger admits he’s never been a fan of clubs qualifying for the Champions League this way.

"I was always against it," Wenger told the Evening Standard.
Because apart from Man United, who did win the Europa League?

"All the years before it was always a team who was kicked out of the Champions League by having been kicked out of it before.

"You cannot go into the season and think that [you will get into the Champions League by winning the Europa League]. I always was not in favour of that.

“I think at some stage it can influence on the championship.
If a team is in April in a position where they have more chance to win the Europa League they can let some games go in the championship, and not completely focus on that, on the regularity of the competition.

"I will always play a team that has a good chance to win the next game. In the Europa League if we can afford sometimes to rest some players we will do it.

“But we have to adapt to the level of the competition and see first what kind of group we play in."

Arsenal will start their Europa League campaign in the middle of September, entering the competition at
the group stage.


Sounds more like sour grapes to me! The whole point was for teams to take EL a bit seriously. Maybe he is resigned to never win a European trophy. But I dont like it when he says we dont deserve it. We worked ****** hard to win the **** thing and not bottle it . Lets see what wonders you do this year Mr.Wenger!! Sure Mourinho will have something to say ;)
 
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