Give Dybala a Holla or Give Hazard a Wazza - Winter Transfers, Rumors and Lies Thread[R]

Bah... It just means the neymar dream is all but dead. Not that I believed in it that much, but with with Ronaldo staying it means Neymar won't even be interested because he left Barcelona to not be in messi's shadow, and he won't join us to help Ronaldo to win another ballon d'or.


I just hope they won't renew Benz. Please.

 

I guess the club thinks Ron's presence will be helpful in sponsorship negotiations if he stays for another 2-3 years. And they probably don't want to force him out when he wants to stay. He's a global superstar who left Utd to join us so it won't look good if we force him out. Even Iker was given a season to recapture form but he only got worse. And we paid part of his wages at Porto.

 

Haha what the ********?

 

I don't expect 2 big signs with Ron staying. Either we sell Benz and splash big on Kane or even BBC could stay with us going for an unhappy star like Icardi or a young striker. Maybe Benz will be rotated more then. Seems like it's very hard to get out of the BBC cycle.

 

I don't see Benz being removed as a first striker, much less being sold, with Zidane here as a coach. So that's Benzema staying and Ronaldo as well (if he gets the new contract) so that leaves out Bale.

 

Unfortunately this is how I view it at this time as well,

 

I wouldn't give him a raise just based on loyalty and marketability but that's just me

 

I said that in my last post here.... this is a "glorious time" in the sport. The "Ronaldo vs Messi" is too good to be true. Pele never played in Europe. As far as I am concerned, he only played once against his biggest rival Eusebio in a competitive match(WC 1966), and Pele was injured. People outside Brazil did not know much about his rivalry with Garrincha's Botafogo. I actually used google translate to write a blog on them after discovering almost nothing was written about them in English on the internet. They were better known as two teammates who never lost a single match playing together for the national team. Cruyff's Ajax never played in a meaningful game vs Beckenbauer's Bayern Munich. The two only played once in a big match.... the 1974 WC final.

Ronaldo and Messi played each other at least twice per season for 8 or 9 seasons. All parties involved wanted to continue this rivalry. For money wise, it is good for everybody.... I am talking about Real Madrid, Barcelona, La Liga, adidas, Nike, Bale, World Soccer magazine, Bein Sport, etc.

Seriously, I do not see Ronaldo going anywhere next season. Man Untied is not going to pay 100 million for him and Perez is not going to say bye-bye to the money we generated from him.

 

If we renew Ronaldo then we should sign Modric for life.

If we're going to use the marketing and brand thing for Ronaldo then I fail to see how that'll help if we keep these same results next season.

I mean Ronaldo was pretty bad and he's not even in the conversation for the top 10 this season. I mean I just don't get this.

I'm resigned to what this season has become. I have been for the past three months but we can't have this again next season.

 

No room for sentiment imo. Be ruthless, ship out Ronaldo while you can get some money for him, get his wages off the bill and invest in the world's best young talent.

 

Well, we can afford it. But the issue is that his presence means compromises in the squad. Considering his decline, it is simply not worth it.

Also, he knows perfectly well that he is declining substantially. Which is why he won`t move to another club in which his decline would be even more apparent. He needs this club.

 

Ah. The only club to give out life contracts for sentiment reasons.

We did the same with Raul and look how that turned out.

Did the same to a few players that were well beyond their sell by dates.

******** it, just give them all life contracts.

 

Raul did not bring such amount of money to the club. As result, from commercial stand point it makes sense to bump his salary and having him retire in Madrid.

 

This is on Zidane.

He is forcing Florentino to do this. Damn him

 

The only player that could replace Ron commercially speaking is Neymar, but Flo, and Zidane finally realized it's an impossible transfer.

So for money reason, they'll keep Ron. Makes sense.

 

Does anyone have any stats around the commercial value of Ronaldo? I dont, but I'm pretty sure it's for one; being overstated and secondly we don't profit annually from him.

 

Sorry to say but at this point Ronaldo is dead weight. Renewing him is absolute madness.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...-a-bargain-for-sportswear-giant/#2c3da9855a91

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...nsors-on-social-media-this-year/#5c8c2cbd57df

 

In his defense, his service was atrocious. Tottenham could barely get the ball out of their half in the 1st half.

Alli and Eriksen were ghosts. Dembele and Dier were routinely getting wrecked by Can and Milner. Not much a central 9 can do if his team can't get the ball to the opposing third.

 

You're not going to have a team full of 7s and 11s. You also need a 9 that is lethal in the box.

I think this is the problem in here. We expect that the next Galactico needs to be able to do everything when in reality there are few players in the world that are that versatile at this level. There is no problem with getting a 7 like a Hazard or Dybala to create and getting a 9 like Kane to finish their service.

Hazard and Dybala can create but they can't get the goals Kane can. Are you going to knock them for that? Instead, you only seem to knock Kane because he can't create like 7s or 11s do. These are different roles and there's nothing wrong with being a top 9.

There are very few players that are jack of all trades.