Cristiano Ronaldo

[The1nvisibleMan]

Let’s have it

 

[hihosilva]

BULLSHIT

 

[Chi-town blues]

They want £25m....whats sterling worth?

depends on today’s exchange rate

 

[andyhinch]

bottle lol

You don’t actually read his posts do you ?

 

[Roy Munson]

Oh come on? Really?

Keepers and CB's are able to play longer than strikers - so those names are out of context.

Stats for midfielders are very hard to judge. Assists? Tackles? A mix - depending on role? Too hard to break down.

Apples to apples - goals for strikers is an imperfect measure but is at least indicative of (albeit CR7 likes to play on the wing so not necessarily a true striker - but goals scored is an easy statistic to monitor so I'll stay with that; and as goals scored forms the basis of our gentleman's bet I think it's very fair).
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Looking at strikers.

Ibrahimovic for example, at 36, played in the MLS. Who cares what he did there?

Totti? Love the guy. But.. Serie A - 2011-12 - 27 appearances, 8 goals; 2012-13 34 appearances 12 goals; 2013-14 26 appearances 8 goals.

Two strikers looked at and totally bunk.

...and at 37/38 was scoring for fun back in Serie A


Well don't make statements like "At 36 no one is able to play at top club level in Europe" then


Totti offered far far more than just goals. If you ever watched him play you'd know that. That's like saying David Silva wasn't incredible because he only averaged about 7 or 8 goals a season.


Ibrahimović bunk? Totti?? Del Piero?? Aduriz?? Give over.

Fucking hell you are hard work.

He's also ignoring Alves and Fernandinho who play the two most physically demanding roles on the pitch (wing-back and defensive midfield), yet still were as dominant as players 10 years younger. Think I'm going to use the ignore button for the first time...

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

They want £25m....whats sterling worth?

A shit-ton more.

 

[kun]

Ronaldo isn't, nor would he win us the CL.

Could I have next weeks lotto numbers please?

Also wouldn't go down well for the younger players in the squad

Why? Surely someone like Haaland would be more of an obstacle to Delap getting in the team than Ronaldo, due to age?

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[samuelyeboah]

man italian media is so fun. no need for sources. no truth, just vibes. just say anything that comes to mind

 

[leo_city]

No we didn't

Now I think the whole transfer is bollocks and made up

See. I keep telling people Serie A journos excel at making transfers look closer than they are.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Immediately haha.

Next ten minutes or it’s off!

 

[SPIDERBOY]

A shit-ton more.

Exactly.

 

[SWP's back]

Not a chance in hell that happened.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

He also works for AS. They seem determined to link Sterling in, despite it being an impossibility. Strange.

 

[leo_city]

 

[Dobsy]

Well it will cost them 30m if he stays Ronaldo looks like he wants a way at his age to get a chance at winning more trophies before he sent to the knackers yard..

Said it ain’t happening but if Juventus say yeah you can have him for free think we will take him..

We definitely need a striker and don't have time to waste playing games of "who blinks first". At this point I'd just pay it. Maybe Txiki will get a better deal.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

We must pay the £25m posthaste!

 

[domalino]

Ronaldo in the P/L will be a 20 goal player - likely less.

Is this league goals or in all competitions?

 

[better dead than red]

I hate this but I love it at the same time.

 

[MarsLlama]

If Ibra is still as good as he is aged 39 and 10 months, Ronaldo could easily do three seasons without a major decline.