Cristiano Ronaldo

[kun]

What, u lil' tease? WHAT?

Ronaldo's replacement is Moise Kean. More confirmation of his exit.

 

[hihosilva]

Chavvy Shoesole has spoken.

he's about 3 hrs late on that

 

[ninjamonkey]

It’s the lack of forward planning that’s worrying. A striker to play with / phase out Sergio should’ve been bought in Summer 2019. If signing Ronaldo is such a good strategy why weren’t we interested in him then or last summer ?

In 2019, we wouldn't have imagined Sergio would be finished, it wouldn't have been in our plans for Sergio to be done this early, plus we had jesus for that role. it's alright saying bring in somebody to take over the mantle but squad limits exist, we would have to give them all game time and Sergio wasn't old enough to be phasing out and limiting his game time at that stage.

As for why wasn't he in our plans last year, he wasn't available for a start, nobody would envisage either side would entertain the idea given his past and we had identified other players. Many things have happened since, a lot out of our control and its come to a situation where Ronaldo is doable and its by far the best option we have this summer (better than Kane in my eyes) it's not a long term issue but we now have a year or 2 to solve the issue which gives us time to watch the market and snap up whoever becomes available.

 

[BolinCell]

Because we have been after a striker all summer, and haven't been able to get our priority target.

And now have the opportunity to get pretty much the most proven goal scorer (alongside Messi) in football for a far cheaper fee to plug the gap for a couple of years.

It's certainly a wacky signing on paper, but it also certainly fits with Citys (and his) needs. We need someone to finish the chances we create, he wants to be somewhere he can pad his stats and gives him chances at major trophies - the pieces have just fallen in place.

Will wait to see if it happens, I still find it hard to believe, but it has started to look at the very least like its a possibility.

why do Juventus want rid, because he's finished.

 

[rickmcfc]

Me or him?

Both

 

[Dribble]

Source re creeping through?

It's all over the place mate. Nothing concrete, just City aren't the only club being offered Ronaldo, but we're the only ones with the financial muscle, who're in need of a striker who've been mentioned....... That was until Real stepped in with two solid bids for Mbappé, meaning PSG are a striker short, & one signing away from a Hollywood front three of Messi, Ronaldo & Neymar for an additional £30m tops.

Something tells me this has Ronaldo to PSG all over it.... Can you just imagine the global fanfare? PSG will become football's equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters. :-|

 

[TINY]

Shut up Bolin you clueless cockwomble! Just look at his stats!

Old stats. He’s done fuck all this season. And he’s a ****

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Ronaldo's replacement is Moise Kean. More confirmation of his exit.

Imagine the meltdown on here if we replaced Aguero with Moise Kean.

 

[mat]

Sky Italy are reporting.....

St Marcus feeding the poor of Bologna?

 

[BobKowalski]

Wonder if PSG get Mbappe money they will put in a bid for Pogba...that would be funny.

 

[Bernard20]

Ronaldo has the most followers of any person on the planet on instagram with 333million (that's like 5% of the planets population follow him on one social media platform, its insane). Grealish has 3.8m & KdB 15m for reference.

If you don't understand the pull Ronaldo and Messi have then you're not looking very closely.

Yep, fair enough… I honestly didn’t realise the disparity was that much! I guess even at 36, he adds a lot more than the goals he guarantees. I’m all for the signing, even if I do not like the bloke. We need a striker and he guarantees goals.

 

[TINY]

why do Juventus want rid, because he's finished.

And they’re skint but also, he’s a ****

 

[HolisticJim]

We’ve rejected Haaland and Aubemeyang, had a failed bid for Origi and mendes has covered 7 time zones in 3 hours. Ronaldo thinks he’s signing for the rags, and we’re making songs up. KDB is injured, Foden has spent £23,742.88 at five guys and I like rum

I really like rum as well. Need to get some nice spiced stuff!

 

[TINY]

I really like rum as well. Need to get some nice spiced stuff!

Just finished a bottle. Delicious stuff

 

[Beanhead]

We'll soon teach him how not to take a penalty or free kick I'm sure.

doubt it.. as good as we have been in recent year.. we never had anyone as reliably ruthless as him. He stays fit and the 19 other teams in the league are fucked. He’ll score a mental amount of goals under Pep.

 

[skillman]

We’ve rejected Haaland and Aubemeyang, had a failed bid for Origi and mendes has covered 7 time zones in 3 hours. Ronaldo thinks he’s signing for the rags, and we’re making songs up. KDB is injured, Foden has spent £23,742.88 at five guys and I like rum

A solid overview. Cheers mate, enjoy the rum

 

[Kippax1973]

why do Juventus want rid, because he's finished.

Don't talk complete bollocks pal,, I'm embarrassed for you

 

[Lamby]

Another for the gallery!

That is bloody fantastic.. it's got a bit og cold war steve about it! Love it!

 

[Marvin]

Because he's finished, over the hill, that's why.

Over the hill but not finished.

City need a finisher. He will score 20 goals in the league for City. That means we can compete to win the title whilst you've won nothing for a decade and now we've taken your memories too.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Wonder if PSG get Mbappe money they will put in a bid for Pogba...that would be funny.

Nah, he needs to leave on a free. Don’t give those cunts any money for him.

They've still got Matic and Fred to patrol the midfield. Don’t need money in their coffers to think about upgrading them.