Cristiano Ronaldo

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Heath Park said:
Yup but our commercial partners will probably give us a few extra bob for signing one of the two best players in the world. No doubt about that...

Also it will grow the fan base at the youth level. Lots more kids in City shirts.
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Commercial contracts are already agreed so that's a no -starter unless he stays long term and those contracts are renegotiated. Which is unlikely given his age.

Go through any historical data you like, shorts sales don't significantly increase due to players joining, the only thing that changes is what name goes on the back. Additionally, city get a tiny percentage (7.5-12%) of the profit on any shirts sold so don't make any significant dough from it.

The rags are the top sellers with 3.25m per year, Madrid are close by and saw no downturn in sales when Ronaldo left. Juve sold a total of 500k Ronaldo jerseys the season he joined, but these weren't additional sales, just sales with his name on the back. It's the biggest lie in football
 
Whitty1001 said:
Question is do we think we could get Haaland next year too? Since Ronaldo is only a 2 year contract.
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I think we will be in for him but won't get him. A season or two is a long time in football, though, so by then a whole other set of potential forwards will be coming through.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
How does it ‘significantly weaken’ us? We were 2 slightly different team selections away from winning everything last season, won the league as comfortably as its possible to do and have added Grealish.

Personally I don’t mind if the feller turns up or doesn't although, on balance, I’d probably prefer not. Not because of an visceral hatred of the bloke but because it seems to be a knee jerk reaction and goes against the currently successful transfer policies we have. That’s to say the type of player, their temperament, being part of the collective and their age profile.
It smacks of desperation and short termism and is seemingly being driven by Pep and his desire for a CL to cement his legacy. City will be here long after Pep and we need to guard against becoming another United when he leaves.
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Really like this post, however, we did try for the longer term signing in Kane, and this failed. Bearing this in mind, the signing of Ronaldo, although short term, gives us some breathing space to decide who the long term replacement for Sergio should be. So, not a change in transfer policy, just a one off opportunity presenting itself. Hopefully.
 
Genuinely hope the people at the club are prepared to deal with the announcement from a marketing perspective. I thought PSG did a poor job with Messi, and it certainly can’t be less than that.
 
93.20blue said:
United trying there best to hijack the deal , don’t be surprised if he ends up at united last minute.
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Playing two defensive mids away at Burnley, being brought in with ten minutes to go as they chuck long balls into the box to try and get the draw they need to finish 4th. That'd be funny as well. Win/win.
 
aka blue jambo said:
Do you not think we would sell loads of extra tops etc?
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We make fuck all from that, puma get the revenue from sales, that's why they pay us £65m a year. City get about 7.5-12% of the profit once a certain number are sold.

For perspective, the highest ranked club for shirt sales in the world sell 3.25m a year total....
 
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