That Boy Ronaldo
He plays for the Reds. He plays for whites…?
Well who knows. It seems as though over the course of the last week the debate has shifted from will he/won’t he, to one for justifying the reasons why we should in fact sell him.
Two things appear to be clear, Ferguson doesn’t want to sell him and he wants to go. I, for one, am not in the business of testing the big man’s resolve on any matter, so I feel it is still a matter of whether or not he goes, rather than simply when and for how much.
History backs me up on this. After the last international tournament Ronaldo publicly stated his desire to leave for Real Madrid only to be talked out of it and quickly hushed upon his return to Manchester. You will have read by now that he has gone on holiday and the state of play has still not changed. Same as last time.
The reasons being mooted for selling him are as follows. Firstly the money. Yes we would get a big pile of cash off the Spaniards but there is no way that £60million would buy us a winger and a goalscorer of such quality in such a short space of time. But the Glazers might want it to pay off the debts I hear you cry! Well that’s their problem, I am assuming they have some kind of business plan which didn’t involve unexpected piles of money landing on their laps so they can stick to that.
No player is bigger than the club. I agree with this one, and there are those amongst us who still rue the sales of Rvn and Sir David but the precedent has been set and we should stick to it. I actually don’t think that he has got to that stage yet, he still plays for the team and is not asking for outlandishly special treatment around the club. His training is legendarily diligent and as such his professionalism is still sound enough for United.
He doesn’t want to play for us so get rid. Fair enough and this is the argument that will be the clincher for most of us but to me it smacks of, well, being a bit self-defeatest. It is important to remember that this guy can do stuff that nobody else can do, he really is that good, and if he plays he will play well of that I am sure.
But the reason I really want to keep him? If he stays I think we can make it in Europe again next year. And you know what? Ferguson agrees with me.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Putting the sheer disappointment of it all to one side, I think he has to go, This is too unsettling and as we all know, nobody is bigger than the club. Fergie will try and talk him round but this is all about an out-of-control ego and that makes it impossible for him to stay. I did think maybe a deal could be done wherby we get another season out of him but, no, that’s too destabilising.
So Fergie should just make sure he gets top dollar and then spends some of it on back up for Rooney and Tevez and a replacement for Gary. The Glasers, apparently, are not insisting the dosh goes to reducing the overdraft.
Also, this could be the making of Nani, Anderson et al who will now be able to flourish in his wake. And where will the goals come from? Tevez and Rooney for a start, with Hargreaves taking the free kicks and penalties (all that German training!) We can still win things post-Ronnie. 41 goals but 3 missed pens.
June 29th, 2008 at 7:44 am
yeah jono, those missed pens still irk, it could have got ugly for the guy. Would his departure free up Wayne a la RVN’s transfer to Madrid for Cronaldo himself?
Rooney has done all of the hard work recently and doesn’t get the credit he deserves in my humble.
But this is all based around ‘if’, wait and see is still my approach on this one. Your destabilising point is interesting, although I am not sure it is 100% correct, yet.
Interesting to see Bebatov back in the news too…
June 30th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I speak wth the authority of one who confidently predicted in 2003 that Beckham would not be sold, and who later the same year stated that it was a mistake to get rid of Veron and, two years ago, that the sale of Ruud would be disastrous. (And I thought Garry Birtles was a good buy).
I confidently predict that Boy Wonder will stay.
I think he has had his head turned a bit by the knowledge that Real would like him, and Real have done their usual mischievous stuff. And anyone who has watched him play will appreciate that he enjoys tormenting and tantalising people. And he has nothing tangible to lose by making his cryptic comments, which might have the effect of bringing him more money. And he probably hasn’t been reading the English newspapers in the last few weeks so may well not appreciate the hysterical hype he has stirred up.
I admit to being a bit worried that he has been under the influence of our main rivals’ manager for a couple of weeks, but reckon that an hour in the stimulating company of SAF will put him right.
Ronaldo will stay.
August 15th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!