Cristiano Ronaldo

[marco]

DE PLANE DE PLANE?

 

[richards30]

Imagine if it was the scum about to sign him.

They’ve just gone for him

 

[daflanger]

I am not sure which part is hurting the Rags more... the fact that their star player of 12 years ago is joining us or that we are going to destroy them with our new lineup! Must be a double whammy! bwahahahahahahaha

 

[Cityinmud]

Is Mendes in Turin yet?

 

[bobmcfc]

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.

They better order enough shirts and O's too.

How can we market this. I mean welcome to Manchester was good but it's been done to death. Ronaldo is a global superstar so we need something out of this world

 

[daflanger]

DE PLANE DE PLANE?

Oh man!!! Welcome to Fantasy (Island) Football!

 

[jaiguruKun]

Simon Stone - "So Cristiano, how does it feel to be back in Manchester?"

Ronaldo "I've never played for a club in Manchester before?"

Imagine the scenes?!

 

[bluesteel]

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.

Because he scored more goals (29) in a team that scored less (77) than the champions (89) and Lukaku (24).

Lukaku went for £100M, the performances this guy is putting in are still that of a £100M+ striker.

We don’t even have a striker, that’s why it significantly weakens us.

We won what we did because we were solid at the back last year, not because we were prolific up front. Plus our rivals have strengthened.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

DE PLANE DE PLANE?

Who’s got off the plane twice??

 

[Eoiyflem]

Ok... instead of saying shirt sales... say other commercial deals should cover his wages?

What deals? If he comes he's staying for 2 years and our sponsorship deals are all signed up for that period of time. He won't be staying any longer so what organisation is going to be influenced to pay a premium for a player image that won't be there?

If he generates so much money for clubs why are juve desperate to get him off the wage bill? Why did the rags sign record deals after he left?

Ronaldo generates sponsorship money for Ronaldo

 

[City14]

Jim white on TalkSPORT already spouting 500k a week. Can someone get on and tell the numpty it’s 15M a season making it approx 288K he is taking a pay cut to come to us.

 

[Stoned Rose]

They’ve just gone for him

They're collecting him from the airport for us?

Neighbourly.

 

[meeesh]

Remember Andy (I'm bigger than Man City) Cole.

Lets see how he does, If he shows commitment and desire I'm in.

if not my tribalism will take over the mild mannered gent I've become.... ;^)

My sentiments exactly

 

[johnmc]

Muppets on SSN

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....

Juve sold an additional 500k shirts when he went there. Probably looking at similar if he came here. If we are getting 7.5% you are looking at around £3m. Not a lot but it helps of course. Commercial partnerships would be where the money is at

 

[bigkatnyc]

 

[Bazzmand Show]

Jim white on TalkSPORT already spouting 500k a week. Can someone get on and tell the numpty it’s 15M a season making it approx 288K we is taking a pay cut to come to us.

Yeah was just listening to this, why do they find it next to impossible to get the basics of the deal correct?

 

[EekC]

Jim white on TalkSPORT already spouting 500k a week. Can someone get on and tell the numpty it’s 15M a season making it approx 288K we is taking a pay cut to come to us.

It's 15m a season after tax

 

[chaddblue]

What deals? If he comes he's staying for 2 years and our sponsorship deals are all signed up for that period of time. He won't be staying any longer so what organisation is going to be influenced to pay a premium for a player image that won't be there?

If he generates so much money for clubs why are juve desperate to get him off the wage bill? Why did the rags sign record deals after he left?

I've no idea. I'm no expert in that industry. But there will be money making opportunities using him. Our commercial department will need a bigger office

 

[decmancity]

Yeah was just listening to this, why do they find it next to impossible to get the basics of the deal correct?

He knows what the figures are. He wants bitter red bastards to ring up and burn money shouting down the phone about dirty oil money.

 

[BringBackSwales]

They’ve just gone for him

Who has?