Why Does No One Want Cristiano Ronaldo?
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2022
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 815 goals, won five Champions Leagues, and five Ballon d'Ors - yet seemingly no one wants to sign him.
Despite asking to leave Manchester United this summer to get Champions League football, there are - currently - no UEFA Champions League teams who have attempted to sign him.
It's rather an unusual set of circumstances, so in this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at Ronaldo's transfer saga, why no one wants to sign him, and what it says about how football has changed over the last 10-15 years. - Спорт
He's been a top five player ever during his career but 500k per week should get you prime Ronaldo not what he is now. It's not worth destroying your wage structure, potentially causing issues in the dressing room and just having a guy who goes about his business like he's bigger than the manager and the club for the sake of a player who only scores goals and is only likely to get about 15-20 of them for you per season with that number likely to decline every season he plays.
Lol not even top 20 on ability
@@oladejioriola5672 you don’t think prime Ronaldo was a top five player ever?
@Bách Phạm of course that’s the case 😂 no way is he even close to the top five right now
@@SonnyK248 EA/FIFA-23 doesn’t even classify him as part of the top 10 lol
@@magicalhikari5859 Well that’s saying something given how much those games overrate United players 😂
Although the idea of Marseille sounds interesting, in my opinion, if Ronaldo accepts a big pay cut, then the best option he has is Sporting Lisbon. For all of these reasons:
1. They finished second last season, meaning they will play Champions League football.
2. Liga NOS is less physically demanding, meaning Ronaldo can score even more goals.
3. They're always title contenders.
4. They're still a financially stable club, could pay him a decent salary.
5. They are his boyhood club, where it all started. He could return the favor by winning some titles for them.
Although it's outside the top 5 leagues, the Portuguese league is still one of the best in the world and a lot of people would be tunning in just to watch Ronaldo play. It might seem like a step back, but for 37 years old it's still way more impressive.
Doubt it because once he goes to a smaller club there is no going back to a top club, he'll be seen as finished and a risky option because he'll be a 38 year old playing outside the top 5 leagues. Btw Sporting are not a financially stable club, they are getting there but they're not.
Ronaldo should be sold to FC MIddlefart.
Sporting should be his last club no doubt but he's not going to as we know
But if you follow Sporting close you'll see although they won their first league title in more than 10 years it doesn't mean they'll win it again. In fact Ruben's Amorin's tactic cracks are starting to show up and speaking of tactic, I bet 100 pounds that if Ronaldo was to go to Sporting he would be benched for most games. Under Amorin they play on a 3-4-3 which constant pressing is a must and Ronaldo ain't fit for that.
Sporting will always be title contenders but, Benfica and Porto will most likely take sporting's chances of wining anything, Porto is strong as always, Benfica with their new manager they are starting to get their ground again, I can't see how Sporting can compete against them
Sporting ain't financialy stable yet ...
He could do his mum a favour and join their favourite club but I can't see him doing that in a near future
he should go to his old club already but we all know his ego is too big for him to do that
@@wokie.3204 it is financially stable. A club doesn’t have to be extremely wealthy to be financially stable
They don't want him possibly due to the following reasons:
1. His age, and his inability to now adapt to how a team wants to play particularly when it comes to the press.
2. Possibly regarded as a one-man show and wanting it all as how he wants, to the detriment of teams.
3. Too stroppy and too much of an ego.
4. Deemed as chasing individual plaudits at this stage, rather than advancing a squad.
5. Can distort the balance of a squad in the long-term, why he is focused on the short-term.
6. Too expensive.
7. An overall perception that he is coming to the end of his career.
Why is he so expensive at this age?????
Does market value also depends on brand value of the particular player or just performances?
That’s why messi is the goat he can adapt with anyone any team anytime ,but lots to of love and respect ✊ to Ronaldo also.
@@sibtainansari2525 Messi isn't exactly a spring chicken either though.
8. inhability to understand that he should be rotated in order to beneficiate the team. Messi and Neymar should be taking note about that also.
The thing is Tuchel also plays high-pressing a lot.
Lukaku was also pushed out of the team because of not pressing.
Kai Havertz doesn't even score as many as Lukaku but he fits the system well. I think that's another reason why Chelsea, having enough resources, chose not to sign CR7.
i agree with alfie, that while his age and salary are the obvious stumbling blocks, it's also his playstyle that doesn't suit most modern teams' pressing tactical approach. i guess you could say he is a luxury player at this point both financially and tactically.
oddly very similar to mesut ozil, you're gonna need the other 9 outfield players to do a lot of the donkey work of running around, pressing and feed the ball to ronaldo to score goals. But if you're doing this, it won't last long cos he's already going to be 38 this mid seasion.
I feel like most people haven't seen United play last season, Ronaldo was literally coming back to left back to cover for Luke Shaw at most times.
@@maximus2536 It is Luke Shaw, after all. Hehe...
@@maximus2536 I feel like you don't know what you're talking about, he did something similar very rarely and mostly commited fouls that his fans applauded as effort. He has least and attempted pressures and least successful pressures of any forward player in the big six and he routinely covers the least ground in the United squad. I don't think it's unfair to call him a luxury player. Also helping Luke Shaw isn't where he should be he should be stopping the play from even reaching Shaw which he is not (note I never said he should do it singlehandedly, just noting where he should be)
@@micayahritchie7158 It's a surprise you say I don't know what I am talking about when it is known for years that Ronaldo and messi cover the least amount of ground in their teams no matter what their age. And this nonsense about not letting the play reach Luke Shaw... What? Excuse me do you have any idea how football works? That flank has to be covered by our great gods rashford and shaw not a goddamn central striker. If you think other teams have that then if Liverpool did that once they wouldn't have conceded in the UCL final.
Calling a 37 year old who scored 24 goals in the season and finished 3rd highest scorer in the Prem with a shit team a "luxury player" is stupidity. You can't justify it, his whole career has been the same.
@@maximus2536 You went out of your way to misinterpret what I'm saying here just so you can absolve him of all criticism. You can calm down. I was not criticising your deity. You acknowledge he doesn't cover ground yet say he's not a luxury player. I never said he was bad. What I will say is that he doesn't work either in an organized high press nor a counterattacking structure. What I said is that the point of high press is so that the ball doesn't get down there to Luke Shaw. I never said that was his personal responsibility. And no it's not Rashford's either. You press as a team to limit passing options it's everybody's responsibility and he cannot be a part of that. Fundamentally he wasn't worth it and that's not his fault. It's United's stupid board's fault for signing him in the first place. And no I don't think his goals made up for it given the team played worse to accommodate him, conceded more goals and scored fewer. In what world can you call that improving the team and not being a luxury player. United simply doesn't have the squad to accommodate him. I don't care who you want to assign blame to, I don't care that he's never been a presser none of that matters in the slightest. What matters is that they cannot afford to have him in their starting lineup regardless of who is to blame.
People tend to look over that Juventus midfield went from pjanic,khedira,dybala,marchisio to rabiot and mckennie. While also the overall quality of the defense dropped, yeah bonuci and chiellini where still there they weren't the same as in 2016/17 while also losing Dani Alves and Benatia
Forget all this useless excuses.
Juventus are currently better with Vlahovic leading their line.
Whatever midfield they had, still can't win the Champions league..
@@donandres10 They literally finished 4th in Serie A
Still knocked out of round of 16 in UCL, even after CR7 left
@@donandres10 yeah that's they won the serie a last season, right?
@@rehaanunleashed5495 literally
He's too old and he's not suited to most teams that usually press from the front, it would be a huge risk for any team to sign a 37 year old with £350K wages.
Hes on £510,000 per week.
@@johnnybravo9096 Wants to go for 300k per week. But that's also too high.
Why does he even care about the money at this point
this pressing excuse is so dumb, you dont tell a guy to press who stays around the box and scores 50 goals
@@someshfageria6071 But Ronaldo doesn't score 50,he might get you 20 at most
A surprising number of managers also have either an obvious or a hidden 'no dickheads' policy. Teams are now balanced finely. Even Man City is not going to radically change how they play (and win) because Haaland has arrived on their doorstep. To do it for Ronaldo? Not bloody likely.
That's a mistake of City actually; they HAVE to change their style for Haaland to succeed; no more false 9 or he will be a waste of a signing. I hope Guardiola fixes this.
But I agree, managers do not have the need to deal with demanding players; at least those that are on the top teams certainly won't right now. ETH sit Ronaldo in the first game; Pochettino never doubted taking Messi out of the field whenever he felt like. That's a sign of the times
@@gadget00 if city change their style for any single player, they will collapse and/or play considerably worse. Haaland should be able to adapt just fine as a young, strong, generational talent.
@@Flarish216 Haaland is a true 9, he won't defend, he won't be giving out passes, that's not his game; his game is receive a pass and run with the ball and shoot or shake off the defenders and make the finish touch or header. Bringing him in and expect him to just move out of the way every time Fodden or KDB want to run to the box and shoot is a travesty. Last season we HAD to play like because we didn't had a functioning 9 eventhough Gabriel Jesus was there but couldn't do it properly. Now we spent over 85M quid to have one, the whole team has to adapt. No more false 9, no more CAMs going all the way to the box, they have to feed Haaland somehow.
In fact, this is not new at all; that's how they played with Aguero, they fed him and he scored, over and over again.
That's how I see it
Its pretty simple really:
-He's old so no long term upside
-Progressively declining in quality, which is reality in any sport
-His role is limited and constricts players around him, he's still a great goalscorer as his instincts will always be there
-Issue is being a forward in 2022 requires more out of your strikers than just goals, smth Ronaldo can't give a team at 37
-Wages are really high but his star value is still incredible
Hes one of the greats and can still be marketed as such, but at the end of the day his role, age and what he offers on the pitch is not worth the price.
Another pessi fan
I thinks this is the only time I want someone to do steroids
@@TheDonkey666 I think this is the only time I want someone to get haemorrhoids 🤐
@@crow_g1639 which part s wrong?
"..More out of your steikers ghan just goals, smth Cristiano can't give a team at 37"
He hasn't been able to produce basically anything beside goals in 3-4 years.. When looking at the big picture
Messi lifting World Cup will haunt him forever 😅😅😅
It’s time for Ronaldo to accept that he can’t ask for a big salary anymore , especially after a pandemic. Time to accept the reality.
I'm lqtm at the fact that a salary that wouldn't be big for him would be like 300K per week. This life no balance for sure. My son must be a footballer!
My impression is that when Ronaldo was on the field last year, the team did not look better (as in more dangerous or more likely to score) with him than they did without him. Hearing that they scored fewer goals than the year before - yep, that matches my impression as well.
To counterpoint what you say, I recall Ronaldo was not playing at all in 7 or 8 games and United did not win any of those games he did not play in and barely scored any goals.
I disagree. The only time United looked lethal in attacking sense was when Ronaldo was on the pitch. The problem was that half of the time that happened because of moments of individual brilliance from CR7 rather than a proper team link up play. The fact that United barely scored any goals in the games Ronaldo did not play in is a testament to this. The real issue is that all of the other attackers completely fell out of form and missed easy opportunities on target multiple times including Rashford, Bruno, Martial, Cavani and Sancho. They were all inconsistent and just didn’t seem hungry to win throughout the year. Greenwood who looked like in a good form early on in the season didn’t play after the first few games because of his personal legal ongoings.
Midfield didn’t help with service to the strikers either. The amount of mistakes and possession losses that McTomminay and Fred made last season was depressing. All in all, the team needs to really start stepping up their attacking performances and become hungry for goals. And Macguire and Co not messing up in the back completely destroying every lead is the biggest factor that needs to be addressed by Ten Hag.
Too expensive and potentially too toxic for a team coz of his narcissism/ego, despite this, you need to build a strategy around Ronaldo, you can't just take him and throw him into another team.
I think your last point is the main issue. To accommodate him as a starting player requires a team to be built around him because of everything you have mentioned (especially work rate off the ball), and at 37 that simply isn't going to happen, not even for him. As an impact sub, however, he could be devastating because there's nobody else with his ability to change a game when needed, especially in the latter stages with a tiring opposition. There's no way he'd go for that, though. And that is a huge issue for United as, despite results suggesting otherwise, they have a squad of incredibly talented players who Ten Hag could mould into something very good indeed.
That said, as a Liverpool fan, I'd be quite happy for this to carry on for a long time to come.
United doesn't have a team of "incredibly talented" players. There are a few talented players, like Bruno and Sancho, but most of their players have absolutely no place in a team of United's pedigree. Maguire, McTominay, Fred, Shaw, Dalot, Rashford, Martial are either past it or wholly overrated. Even De Gea is looking sus as hell these days. Years of mismanagement and botched signings lead to the shambles you see today.
@@hasselett United top 4 right now bro
@@mursid-hq9ey and? "Top 4 bro" would be laughable for Manchester years ago to even mention that as a positive
@@hasselett this didn't age well eh
@@nieltam It rang true when I wrote it. It's a great recovery, I'll give em that. Rashford has gone from zero to hero in the last three months. God knows how it happened.
You may have buried the biggest issue in the end - playing time. I'm sure he could play maybe 2-3 years at a top club IF he accepted his tactical limitations and diminishing physical ability make him more suitable as a second half rotation sub-in or final minutes all-out attack desperation sub. If he accepts that and a matching salary reduction, he'd become a far more tempting player on the market.
He scored 18 goals last season in a dreadful team 18 goals is impressive for any given player let alone Ronaldo
@@johnnkurunziza5012 Cavani scored 17 most of the times from sub,Ibra 20+.But people talk as if him scoring 18 is something out of the world.
He knew what he was into when he signed for utd.No other club wanted him after juve and this is how he pays back.
@@binayshrestha7132 Ronaldo scored in the big games for United Ibrahim didn’t abd Ronaldo did it in the champions league and the worst United side in recent history
@@johnnkurunziza5012 bla...bla...bla..r u parroting something u read or do u know what u r talking about.Name me the players who won trophy under Jose that isn't present in current squad.
Even cavani scored in important matches.coming from bench he scored winning or draw goals.
You are saying Ronaldo scored important goals.He played at CL that was the result of last season.Now what kind of important goals did he scored that Manu utd are neither at the CL spot or at the top 4.Even FA cup was dreadful.
So the argument of important goals are all bull.when people say he is the highest scorer for man utd its funny.whom do u expect DE GEA?looks like he won't be needed after liverpool win.
It has been literally the same players for a while in man utd.so I don't know why u think current squad is worst when Sancho was signed after Jose,player utd was desperate for.
I hope u won't make a fool of yourself saying pogba isn't there instead of Matic.
A midfield like Real or Bayern can carry him..
Well argued. Bottom line, he's yesterday's man, and he probably hasn't accepted that yet.
😂😂😂 he must have given so much pain for such hatred
Watching Ronaldo today is like watching the last two decades of Ric Flair. Fans still want to shout "woooooo" just like they want to see Ronaldo do his tired goal celebration, but he has mainly been a mid-card attraction for years now. A name without the substance.
@@nottingham4420 It wasn't hatred it's just a fact. No one wants him.
@@stevenicol1 😂😂😂 said who biased media 😂😂
@@lougiacobbi725 Ouch! But true though
I totally agree with you on that Harry Kane part. I would not want him at Spurs for that exact reason, him coming would imbalance the team. Kane is basically a harder-working Ronaldo, he could act like more of a poacher like back in Poch's days or dropping deam to give Son and Kulusevski room to attack.
Ronaldo's big ego may be a hindrance as well. With Kane, you have a mostly agreeable and humble guy, but Ronaldo is very selfish, even by a star's standard. Kane did start a drama when he tried to force himself to City, but when an uproar happens in the fanbase, he relented. Ronaldo seemed to have been unfanzed with the rumors still going on (now to Sporting CP i think?)
"I've no idea where I want to be, I just know that it isn't here!"
Sounds like Britain leaving the EU! 😂
Sounds like me leaving your mom's house
So what you're saying is that Ronaldo wants to play for Linfield one week but have all the benefits of playing for Shelbourne or Dundalk the next week?
@@emjackson2289 Ronaldo means Ronaldo!
Damn, that was pretty much a spot on comparison. LOL. Maybe we should get Jacob Rees-Mogg to share his "expertise".
I think even 5 years ago he still has takers even at his age. He never built up the versatility and off the ball defensive skill the biggest clubs demand now, because genuinely he didn't need to, and he's just worth too much money to bring in anymore. At the beginning of his career all you cared your striker could do was score goals, and he could do even more than that. He was brilliant carrying the ball on the wing and had the pace to burn you if you didn't give him space as well as the ball control to trick you if you gave it to him. In 2005, the best strikers in the world only needed to do 2 of those things, he was a complete package. Then at Madrid he became one of the most lethal finishers in history. Even in 2015 you would have seen Champions League teams bite to bring him in to see if they could add a poacher in the same way that Juventus did. Before COVID or even last year I think you could have seen PSG bite to grab him or any number of big teams before gegenpress and variations on positional play became so dominant over the end of the previous decade. He's in the unfortunate position so many top shot stopping keepers, unsavy pressing attackers, and #10 assist machines are in; their position is in the process of a slow and painful rebirth that leaves teams at a crossroads with them. If a player is young you might be able to convince them to pick up those skills (see Rashford and Sancho) so their worth keeping around a few years, but if they're aging and unlikely to be able to add a hard skill such as those to their game, they'll get dumped (highest profile lately has been Ozil). I do hope he embraces a bench role as a super sub over the next couple years because he genuinely has so much more to give to the game, but I sadly don't expect he will.
As soon as we heard that CR7 was linked with Napoli, we let ourselves be heard that we did not want him. It's like Balotelli, he still talks about playing for Napoli...no thanks.
If this guy wants to play CL, he needs to take a pay cut...
On a side note, Alfie, your coming up on 500k subs. Congrats! 😁
This is honestly the most coherent reasoning around Ronaldo that ive seen any time recently 👏 an undoubtedly great player, but someone whose wage demands and play style can no longer be accommodated in the modern game. I think some people are overblowing the whole situation- like yeah he’s a multi-ballon d’or winner but dudes almost 40 and the end has to come at some point lmao like he’s naturally not gnna draw as much interest from other clubs. Ronaldo needs to accept that he is no longer the best in the world and that his abilities are a shadow of his former self and get over his ego if he wants to continue playing professional football. I’m sure he wants to keep playing at the highest level, but I’d love to see some humility from him and drop down to a smaller team/league and keep playing till he’s like 50.
Quality wise he is still a world class striker. Wages and age is a huge problem if he was in like 150k a week and wasn't called Ronaldo he would be great
quality wise Ronaldo has dropped out of the top 15 a year or 2 ago....
clubs need independence from him - i firmly believe if ronaldo stayed at madrid, benzema would never win the balon d or and theyd never have won another ucl or rebuilt the team the way they have. thered be no vini jr, the captain would be undermined, modric would be overshadowed
i think football is more of a team game now than an individual brilliance.
forget benzema, modric wouldn't have won the ballon d'or
@@arasy1256 it was a team game and still is. Let's not forget that the Madrid side of 2012-2018 would completely destroy the current Madrid side (just as the 2008-2016 Barca side would dismantle the current Barca side). They regularly had 90+ points finishes and would score 3+ goals a game on average.
Ronaldo was the crown jewel of an efficient machine. Yea Benzema scores 10 more goals a year now, but Vinicius scores 40 less than Ronaldo did.
@@arasy1256 now? It always has been some of you just fail to see it. Team is always the most important.
If i was one goal away to be the League top scorer and my mate had an empty goal i would pass to him. If all Players thought this way football would be much much better
guys fight me if you will but modric earned his balon’d’or imo you can give ronaldo fred in midfield and he still would’ve put in top numbers but the stuff modric does off the ball as well
man gets the ball back in his half carries it to the other side of the pitch whilst playing passes and then ends up getting ronaldo or benzema a goal
we see this more prominent now cause it’s talked about but he did it best in that season and think he deserved it no matter what statpadded goalscorer gets an argument
if there’d be another type of midfielder like that in the previous years maybe they’d have won it
e.g. xavi ribery and iniesta were facing prime ronaldo and messi and even then whilst they played some sexy football they couldn’t do EVERYTHING modric could and as often as he did
also believe if you put a lesser goal scorer in the place of ronaldo that season alone cos i’ve seen all his goals from that season specifically (madrid fan here) i think someone like mane, chelsea hazard, or even jesus this season would’ve scored enough to get madrid that ucl
just an opinion tho
I have said since day one that Man U getting him back was a real step backwards. Any growth the team were pushing towards under Ole was wrecked once Ronaldo came back as he was always going to have to be first pick due to who he is/wages. Any risk they would have taken playing younger players went out the window and now they are many months down the line with no progress. The lack of faith in younger squad members, plus the disruption he appears to be causing within the squad has really back fired
😂😂😂😂 typical hater
@@nottingham4420 yep!! All aboard the hate bus!! The articulate comment on a thread about why no one wants Ronaldo.
Yup meanwhile people like shaw, mctominay, Fred, rashford, maguire start whilst dropping stinkers but ronaldo should be the main focus? The truth is the reason all those above players looked good was
a) Ole only knew counter attacking football which suits players like rashford and maguire who works better in a low block. Once utd faced someone parking the bus they’d immediately struggle under Ole and he was tactically inept
b) Liverpool, chelsea, city, arsenal and Tottenham dropped so many unexpected points in that lockdown season and some were hit by injuries like van dijk
c) Ronaldo may have piss poor work rate but he at least has goal return. What does rashford/maguire/Fred/mctominay offer? Rashford being younger can’t press and has poor finishing and decision making. Maguire can’t play a high line. Mctominay…let’s just not get into that one!
@@08BostonCeltics1 true. But i wonder what impact Ronaldo has had on any possible progress? Did he help develop Rashford as perhaps Cavani did (you quite often saw him talking to the yonger team during games), or has it been too much of a circus around with the focus on him (such as this video!)?
@@iwantthemoonback4198 help develop rashford? You mean Marcus Rashford a player with 5+ seasons under his belt and who still can’t showcase any football IQ? You can’t help develop a guy who’s head is more into his own PR rather than his career. Rashford is a clear case of rewarding mediocrity. At 23, ronaldo was a PL, CL, ballon d’or, fa cup, league cup, club wc winner and rashford has not even achieved half of this and is rewarded with 250k pw? And by mediocrity I mean the fact that they have not achieved any collective success/major trophies. Bruno being another case at this point- started well but then goes missing in big games, loves to just hero ball and is rewarded with a bumper contract; now he seems like he cba to put in a shift…
I mean how is it Ronaldo’s fault that the media attention is on him? If anything that actually benefits players like shaw, mctominay, maguire, rashford, sancho (another letdown so far) who are getting away with murder on the pitch and are going unscathed. Ronaldo’s scored 20+ goals last season with mcfred behind him. Now imagine if he had kdb or even modric? Don’t get me wrong I don’t think utd should’ve bought ronaldo at this stage because it’s not sustainable to build around him at 37 but the amount blame he gets is ridiculous when there are way bigger problems at the club.
Video is a polite way of saying Ronaldo's ego is to big for his current ability and the game has outgrown him..
Can you make a video on the 7 nations most likely to become 1st time World Cup winners by the end of the 21st century?
China will win 10 world cups by 2094 mark my words
Edit btw lm joking but that’s not a bad idea
My picks:
Portugal 🇵🇹 are on the right track towards winning a World Cup. I believe all it takes is the right team led by the right coach and they will win one eventually. Their structure has proven to constantly produce some of the best players in history and shows no signs of decline.
Netherlands 🇳🇱 used to be closest to winning one, but something was lost in the last few years. They are currently lacking some talent but I have no doubt that their overall football structure works and they will generate new world-class players eventually. When this time comes, the right marriage of squad and coach should put them in a competitive spot once again.
Belgium 🇧🇪 needs to prove their golden generation was not accidental and that a steady supply of world-class footballers can be maintained.
Denmark 🇩🇰 already proved several times they can be very strong through teamwork. Good defense, good camaraderie, good mentality. However, I feel like they have lacked the type of players Portugal, the Netherlands or even Belgium are able to field. They would need a Dane competing for a Ballon D'Or or being regarded the best in his position. I always wondered what would happen if a player the likes of Lewandowski, Haaland, or De Bruyne appeared in Denmark. If a future generation comes with 2 or 3 of these type of world class players and can still maintain that amazing mentality and teamwork I talked about... then they can most definitively win one in this century!
Colombia 🇨🇴 has been able to produce some really good players but watching them it's clear that sometimes that's not enough to make a good team. Their football structure (as a country) works, and it should be able continue to produce talent, but they need to believe they can win. I think the mentality is there but requires a coach and a few leaders on the pitch that can really bring it out and inspire them. I also think it would help to decide on a style of play.
Nigeria 🇳🇬 I am honestly surprised they have not yet been able to replicate their success in youth world cups. I feel like Nigerians are not getting to enjoy the full extent of their talent pool, but I don't know enough about their football structure to point my finger at exactly what is broken or what is stopping them from producing better players.
México 🇲🇽 a giant in its confederation but they have struggled outside of Concacaf. Like with Nigeria, I feel like Mexicans don't get to enjoy the full extent of their talent pool, but in this case I know the reasons. Corruption within youth academies, a large foreign player pool blocking the way for new talents within their own league, poor relations with European agents, ridiculous overpricing of young talents, and terrible marketing for their suprisingly strong league have all contributed to a sort of stagnation of Mexico's footballing structure. However, they won 2 U-17 world cups and reached 2 other finals, as well as reaching the final of the U-20 world cup and winning the Olympic Gold Medal at a U-23 level. All the good signs are there, but their structure would need to change and adapt to an export-first model like some South American nations.
United States 🇺🇸 call me crazy but I think this is the fastest-developing football structure in the world. They've been slowly but successfully been building a fanbase inside their country, which is resulting in more attention (and therefore money) being put into the sport. American owners have already invested all over Europe and American youth academies have also begun producing some interesting players. I think the current generation of Pulisic, McKennie, Weah, Adams, etc is good but they're only the start. The future looks bright if they keep up this good work!
South Korea 🇰🇷 I think South Korea currently has the strongest football development project in Asia with their new National Academy. Their leadership is clearly aiming to create the new Son Heung-Min. The K-League is a bit underrated too, and as for the National Academy project, the only thing that could stand in the way of a steady supply of exciting new player prospects is Korea's ultra-competitive schooling environment which can be toxic sometimes and leads to parents discouraging young kids from becoming athletes.
To this, I would add that there's other countries I believe will continue to grow and become more relevant in the not so distant future such as Japan 🇯🇵, Ghana 🇬🇭. Egypt 🇪🇬, Turkey 🇹🇷, Serbia 🇷🇸. Croatia 🇭🇷, Morocco 🇲🇦, Algeria 🇩🇿, Chile 🇨🇱, and Sweden 🇸🇪
@@luislicona386 interesting takes
Crotia and Morocco have a good chance
It shows you how fast time flies i can remember when Ronaldo signed for Man Utd during the Summer of 2003 as a fresh faced teenager when i was just a teenager myself and now their are players today that are young enough to be his son and he's still scoring goals like there's no tomorrow absolutely incredible.
Didn't score against lowly Brentford
And he's scored multiple times against hundreds of other teams so what's your point.
TBF he did score against them as recently as May this year...
But yeah, United's start to this season is obviously funny as fuck 🤣
It shows you how times flies when you remember Keegan leaving and Dalglish arriving...and then see a post where they think Ronaldo's career started a long time ago.
@@seandelap8587 "did" not does
11:32 ... except Ronald ABSOLUTELY DID do that...and scored a HATRICK against Tottenham...in the same season.
He still ranks bottom for pressing among PL strikers
It makes me sad to think we have so few years left of Messi and Ronaldo playing at the highest level of club football. I love watching them both, there'll never be two generational talents like them again.
They are not that good..... they live in an age where tackling is not allowed, and they are both drama queens.
See Madonna or Pele for real football players.... not these 2 softcocks
i think you are a kid for saying what you said. Messi and CR7 are nothing but lucky players who dominated the weakest generation football has ever had. Their generation was so weak that both of them were the only ones getting ballon'd or every season. I admire players who got ballond'or in generations before Messi/CR7 because those generations were tough to win a ballon d'or due to a high competition!
@@gilfernando7623 Different era, and excessively soft in comparrison is the point I make.
There is no disputing that, if you grew up in the 1970s, football today is entirely diffent... the ball is easier to use, the piches are like billiard tables, and there is hardly any proper tackling any more.
These are huge factors, when you gay little fanboys think these pathetic little twerps are as good as Maradona.... and I am English, and can't stand the guy, but he is without doubt the GOAT.
Not either of these 2 pussies
@@gilfernando7623 Calling them lucky players makes you sound young and immature. To say also this has been the weakest generation is incredibly ignorant. This generation has had some incredible teams and players. There was prime Barca, a Madrid side that were able to compete with that great Barca side and win 3 back to back CL's, a fantastic Bayern side who shone in two separate spells, a City side that continue to play incredible football, which also applies to Liverpool too.
There have been some incredible players from this era that have missed out on Ballon d'Or's. Players like Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso, Lewandowski, Neymar, Henry, Suarez, Ribery, Robben, Casilas, Neuer, Villa, Eto'o, etc. The fact you're trying to belittle a generation you have witnessed and hype up every era that went before is rather tragic in all honesty.
@@gilfernando7623 what r u on
Hi Alfie. Could you do a video on the situation at Wolves in terms of their Portuguese links, and how they manage to satisfy the Premier League quotas on English players? They only have 2 in their squad this season, and I don’t know how that works.
The rule is the players have to be home grown which is defined as playing for an FA-affiliated club for at least three years before turning 21. So for example the Irish gk Kellerher who plays for Liverpool is home grown. Also young players are counted and I think a lot of the Wolves squad fall into that category
Wages & Ego
Cheers don't need to watch the video now
Still a top 10 player itw easily
@@shadibrahim1489 be honest, he isn’t
@@cheebi9820 name 10 better than him then
@@cheebi9820 yeah sure, get me a clown who can score 20+ goals for this idiot United side and don't give me that baseless argument that United was better before CR7 came in.
people hate making controversial takes and always play it safe but quite simply, ronaldo is FINISHED at the elite level. obviously he still has his goalscoring prowess, but that’s it, like alfie said, he offers literally nothing else. he didn’t at juventus and now at united he’s getting exposed. but people are going to say ronaldo is carrying united and that’s why they made top 6 last season, when the previous season they were 2nd. he’s 37, there should be no shame but he wants to be the goalscoring hero so bad and everyone knows it, he would be a good supersub and that’s it. or he could go back to sporting cp and swallow up all that pride he’s been holding. because it’ll either be champions league football with a mid team or a relegation battle with a team in crisis.
Ronaldo at Juve is one of the most underrated versions of him just because he didn’t win the CL. It’s mad
How do you feel about the situation now that he is in Saudi League?
If cash was never an issue he would have been at Sporting by now. He was from there originally, has family there, would return to a hero's welcome and have Champion's League opportunities at hand.
This was actually a phenomenally made video, and one of your best yet. As a Real Madrid fan and obviously a big Ronaldo fan, I think you described his impact on clubs so accurately. I’m embarrassed to say that during Ronaldo’s last season at Real when Benzema scored only 5 league goals, I often questioned why he was still at the club. And now after Benz’s Ballon Dor level season, it’s crazy to think in hindsight how much he had to sacrifice while Ronaldo was at Real. I’m also a huge basketball fan and the same exact predicament occurred with great players as they aged like Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson. The best solution for Ronaldo is to concede his ego and come off the bench. I hate to not see him play champions league football and I hope you can actually go to a side that is playing in the UCL, but regardless I think for his career and whatever team he’s playing for he should accept the super sub role.
This season has really shown what is important to Ronaldo, and surprise, surprise its Ronaldo ( and how much he is paid) .It’s not whats best for the team or the collective or even any loyalty to the memory of previous clubs.
He’s 37 years old and running out of time, he wants to go out on a high fitting of his career as either the best or the second best player of all time. Uniteds absolute lack of ambition and embarrassingly soft dressing room isn’t his fault and he owes the club nothing fella
if that was the case why did he chose to go back to united when he was almost assured at city last summer?? of course he has a big ego and also thinks about himself, but to think he doesn't care about the club is riddiculous
@@David-qq9bk city never wanted him. That rumours smoked out united into a panic buy tho
@@RossG99 he owes them a year his per his contract .
@@mpj1969 ah yes, Cristiano famously is the only player of ALL time that doesn’t stay to the end of his contract….
Górnik Zabrze already have Podolski. I think they would do together just fine.
I feel you have described the 'why amazing goal scorer in League X can't repeat their success in the EPL' perfectly
I don’t think a lot of the big teams want everything they do to revolve around his play, it might help them for a year or two but in reality it’ll hold them back since no one’s going to progress and when he leaves you’ll have to rebuilt the whole system and get new players that don’t have one way of thinking and can play a different system, it’s pointless unless your club is looking for a good brand deal.
Ronaldo went through so many different managers which had so many different styles of play and he adapted with most of them very quickly and won countless trophies.
to suggest he can no longer play top football is so ridiculous.
sure, he is older now but his dedication and hunger to score goals and win are still there.
it just happens that he picked the wrong club to go to after Juventus.
Man United is only a shadow of what it used to be. most Man United fans have had bad relationship with incompetent managers and also let's say a war with the rich owners of the club.
bit regardless if all that.
I feel sorry for Ronaldo.
from all the clubs in Europe, none wanted him? so he decided to end his career in Saudi Arabia for money?
what a terrible way to end a career.
at least if he went to a South America and won Copa Libertadores.
or end his career gracefully in MLS or Japan.
PSG wasn't interested in him either?
to see Messi and Ronaldo be teammates would have been legendary and historic to see.
it isn't like PSG haven't had old players before. Beckham ended his career with PSG. and Ibrahimovic also was old when he played there.
38 year old Ronaldo can still play football. it isn't really his fault that he picked a bad moment at Man United.
Bench option for a top six PL club might work well. He brings clutch goals. Trouble is he wouldn’t be happy with that.
There’s no way he’d be happy on the bench, and even if he was a bench player there’s no one gonna pay half a million a week for someone on the bench
This was a fantastic video, I've been arguing that since October last year and hearing your well though out argument was refreshing.
I have to agree with you wholeheartedly. I think his 2 best options are Marselle or Dortmund. Other than them I dont see him going to Sporting in Portugal and Napoli cant seem to afford him.
How come Dortmund? Because of Sebastian Hallers Cancer diagnosis and to mentor Moukoko? I get that somehow but then again, BVB is one of the Clubs most careful about their wage structure. And on top, they do love hard press. But I'm not well informed, are there some rumours going around already?
Edit: just checked, and Dortmund recently signed Modeste as a replacement striker for Haller. On top, Moukoko was complaining about playing time and very close to leaving until Terzic came in as head coach. I guess that rules this transfer out (sadly). Would have loved to see Ronaldo in the Bundesliga!
@@lasseschmidt455 Lol all your reasons there. Wow you read my mind. Plus besides to mentor and to play in the Champs, I don't think Ronaldo played in France nor Germany. Would love to see him in Germany to make the league interesting. But you overall answered your question for me.
His primary concern is not Champions League football but winning the Ballon d'Or again. Seeing Messi winning a record extending seventh Ballon d'Or was painful for him and with his old wing man Benzema being favorite to win this year only adds salt to his wounds. The Ballon d'Or voting is heavily bias towards Champions League winners.
Neither Messi nor Ronaldo will win those kinds of individual trophies again, so those numbers are set in stone.. Their era of dominance was nice but is over.
ronaldo never will, his only concern is the ucl, he knows he failed against the goat messi
@@JonasRodgers But just in terms of Golden Balls... Messi's 7th Golden Ball was a sham. 6-5 would be the fairest tally. These awards are overrated anyway.
@@soundscape26 Says you? Lol.
@@soundscape26 you dont even know the difference between golden boot and golden ball mate! Sit this one out
this video is an absolutely perfect summation of what Ronaldo has become and why no one capable of signing him would want to
he ruined juventus' style of play while he was there and united are essentially playing with 10 men on the pitch for 80 minutes every game when he's in the starting line up
people who seriously think he is still a top top player are blinded by what he used to be
I'm saying this as someone who absolutely adored and respected the clinical man he used to be at Real Madrid
He didn’t ruin shit at Juventus. This is coming from who watched him play regularly there. Don’t weigh their failures on a single man.
Because he's 37 and the modern game has evolved. With that said, Ronaldo is an outstanding physical specimen that still has excellent individual qualities (and the sincere hunger to compete for trophies) that big teams can use if he can accept a cameo role/reduced paycheck. Up to him.
How has the game involed.
The Marseille idea would have been fascinating.
Before watching the video I'm going with:
-Age
-Tactically inflexible.
-OBSCENE wage
-detrimental to squad cohesion
Kanu was "finished" when he went to Portsmouth. Maybe Pompey should send a fax... x
Hey Alfie, fancy doing a video on what seems to be a recent trend in the transfer market now a days where fresh signings with paperwork still being pushed through awaiting the ink to dry, negotiation progress between all involved parties, and even the most minor form of interest from a club in players are so quickly snuffed out by a handful of journalists like Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein and published prematurely? I know they are experienced journalists with very intricate web of sources both within the clubs and associated with agents but I could’ve sworn it wasn’t like you’d tune in to a single reporter’s social media and instantly become aware of all legitimate and factual news regarding all clubs’ transfer situations… or maybe I’m wrong and I just never paid attention lol I just thought clubs would do anything possible to keep transfers on the hush (especially for in-demand players or good bargains) to prevent hijackings and $hite storms and stop the news going around by any means necessary.
Brave man making this video Alfie. Just stay away from mentions and comments for the foreseeable future
It'll only be indenial fans that'll go crazy lol, hopefully there's more sane ones in the comments to drown that out
The comments aren't really bad, so far...
@@Leonessi10 because Asian Toxic Ronaldo Fans haven't found this video yet
@@digvijaykole6746 you mean trans Portuguese
Soooooooo, basically, if he wants to carry on playing for a team in the Champions League, he'll need to take a basic paycut. It's not like he needs the money anymore. He gets him image rights, but the basic wage from the team can be lower. Then he can move. Too simple....right?
No, he never said that, he said it could be one of many reasons it's also possible that the big clubs have no use of an ageing poacher that does not fit a pressing style that most if not all the big teams like to use when needed. Or another one is others might see it as a risk to bring him in as they have a good morale with their current group and will not want to have the possibility to mess that up.
There is zero chance CR is getting what he wants, and that’s how it should have been YEARS ago. Telling a grown man NO is actually not a crime.
who say cristiano would stop after saying no 😁
@@arasy1256 Then he won’t be playing in Europe, let alone a CL-qualified club.
How much u wanna bet he will ? 😉 his next move will surprised all of you 😉 I know his agent I’ve been in touch with Mendez they’re talking to at least 4 top quality clubs in champions league that want to sign him I won’t reveal what teams tho but u just watch buddy you’ll see 🤫🤫🤫
I know his agents cousin I mean sorry
@@youdontknowme3318 Right. Ok, whatever you say.😒😐
Alfie could you look into a video about 7 players that play or played for a former team mate as a manager
He is 37, very few clubs want a player that old especially with such huge wages.
Like MLS Clubs
Actually, Zlatan had also wages less than 7 million euro
Day 3 of me asking for a video on FC Dinamo Bucharest. As 18-time Romanian champions, 13-time Romanian cup winners, and 1st time champions league semi-finalists among Romanian clubs, Dinamo is Romania's 2nd most successful club side, and yet they are suffering an unprecedented plight. They have just suffered the first relegation of their 74-year history. Was wondering if you could take a look into what on earth is going on at Dinamo (with or without the WOEIGO title) and Romanian football in general
Nice to have my suspicions confirmed with stats. The recent correlation of Ronaldo goes to a club and the club gets worse, but he avoids blame from a lot of people as he gets his own personal stats high at expense of his team. If Man City can win the title of Gundogan as top goal scorer, it shows the importance of a prolific goal scorer isn't what it used to be.
Except if Man City had a prolific goal scorer it would have won the CL a few times already. For Man City the only goal is the CL and not the PL.
@@lsari6948 but they were beaten by Chelsea who didn't have a prolific goal scorer. And they have had Aguero for years.
But real Madrid didn't immediately start winning more when Ronaldo left. The season after he left they were abysmal
@rohithraman6488 'recent'. I'm not a Ronaldo hater. He was pretty objectively brilliant at Real Madrid and the team saw success because of it. Juve and United round 2 was not the case.
Another great video Alfie.
watch rashford in recent games without ronaldo, then watch when ronaldo plays.
it sums it up
Yes! Thank you! I never belived that Pep wanted Ronaldo.
I'm assuming you have a more in-depth explanation than "he's a huge tool."
wages and team moral- lol he mentions workrate, team moral, and wages and he limits his options wanting only teams in champs league - hope he covered ur whines
@@nigget-tv-videos4135 Ronaldo fanboys can't read (or listen to UA-cam video), you have to simplify it even more for them
I don't care who you are, you don't build a team around a 37/38 year old player no matter how fit he is. Ronaldo is not different than an aging prizefighter. Living vicariously through his past accomplishments.
As they age, it gets more apparent that Messi was better and more well rounded all along.
Not really. It was always very clear
It was always very clear
Where do you get he's on 500k? Every source I've seen says 375-400k
500K before tax and because of United's failure to qualify for the UCL Ronaldo has to take a 20% paycut
HITC Sevens is Tier 1
Is there a possibilty of making top 7 players who never scored a goap in senior games (outiside gk)
1:47 For those who don't know, it's in the south of the continent Tamriel, on the planet Nirn, bordering Cyrodiil and Valenwood
Man said squad player, look at what he’s doing now 😂
old, cant run anymore, cant pass, always demanding the ball, only relying in jumping. .someone said, if its true then i would choose macguire instead
Nah I think it’s Ronaldo just being too expensive
@@ShayanSaqiba that's the 2nd reason bro, i dont if this is true or not. .but my football commentator in my country said, no european club want to recruit him after he moves out from madrid except MU with his "price" . .and now after we all wacthing his perfomance during WC, its legit except the american/arabian club who still want his service.
The offer in Saudi Arabia, as with others in football's "purgatory" (other Gulf States, potentially MLS, Liga MX in the right circumstances) are often about money and having enough command to pad your own stats while both enjoying the stardom and leading your team to the title. In many cases, you know that you probably are going to carry the team. The cost is whether the other intangibles--culture differences, etc.--are enough to overcome the differences.
Yikes
Maaan, you have no idea how much I'd love to see Man-U playing Jose Mourinho's Roma! I would truly pay decent money to see it happening. Hopefully, they will be in the same group of EL!
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 369)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
Apart from being old
Huge wages
Awful ego
Offers nothing apart from goals
Disrupts a dressing room
I can’t believe no one wants him
But his toxic fanboys won't admit it
Even Ronaldo thinks he is bigger than any club how delusional can one become 🤣🤣🤣
Yep if he could lower his ego+ wages he can be bought by many teams
@@digvijaykole6746 his toxic fanboys are also one of the reason why many fans wouldn't want him at their Club including me.
All Press Says that Dortmund is his last option now. But this isn't a place where squad will be build around him
I doubt its gonna happen.
I think simply no one will take him.
He's staying most likely
@@Soap.-- can't imagine having rameshcr7 threatening to kill your family just cause you didn't pass to Ronaldo
@@Rossoneri2 that ain't even a joke the fanboys are crazy. I got them to wish my family death just because i said his goal vs spurs wasnt that good as they said😂
This aged like milk 🥛
Good vid still!
Wow! You did great explaining it. The way you took us little by little and explaining the other teams. After watching your video I must say that Ronaldo is suffering the consequences of being the best of the best. He doesn’t know and his ❤️doesn’t know either. I bet he’s probably feeling very lonely as well. I feel bad for him BUT this brings me to this: Why he left Real Madrid? All this madness started because he abandoned Real Madrid.
Way I thought about it, it's not just about football, he probably does think what have I done wrong why does no one like me. Being adored for so long and then not wanted must be hard
7 biggest misconceptions related to old players
If he was 25, hell even 30-32 and he wanted out clubs would circle like sharks. If they had brains they’d offer him whatever he wanted. But he’s 37, ancient in football terms. He’s not finished yet but he will be someday relatively soon and that’s a sad fact. If anything he should go back to Madrid but that won’t ever happen I don’t think.
Gonna be honest, I forgot the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars Football team is also the owner of Fulham until I saw that picture at 6:30
Despite his age if only he knew he is not greater than the club who employ him and keep his ego aside, he might still get a chance.
Love this analysis on current affairs in FOOTBALL
I’d take him at villa for 1 season
Please do a video about the situation of Deportivo Cali
Top notch video lad
That Brighton and Brentford shade was vicious! I'd argue that one of the reasons teams don't want him is he's arrogant. He wants to pick who he plays for and where, but those teams don't need him, and he won't 'lower himself' to go back to Sporting in Portugal because they aren't a team in a Big 5 league. Yet they are playing in the Champions League, which is what he wants. Ronaldo could be an immortal by going back to Sporting and leading them on a Champions League run, but his pride won't let him do it.
You might well be right there. Ronaldo's final years in football could be very ignominious if he carries on as he's doing.
he would have to play for free or buy half the Sporting for that to be moneywise. If he's pressing for a 500k per week salary right now, going back to Portugal is totally out of the question
Nassarnaldo
he's always been a diva, but in his younger days the output keep that narrative quiet.
Great video! I think he’s singing to a Saudi Arabia team AL NASSAR. I think the champions league dream is over for him.
It's his fault. Every club would sign him but he makes it impossible by demanding to be paid high and also refusing to be a team player.
He should go to the USA, he would be a huge draw and be the best player there for the next 3 years.
What do you mean he’d be the best player bro? Bentekes just gone to the mls
Isn't there a specific incident that stops him from that?
USA don't have UCL tho. Why you think he always pushes to leave after the club didn't qualify for UCL, twice
Probably because he's old, declining massively, has wage demands way too high for his ability, has a terrible ego problem, ruins his teammates, and won't run an inch off the ball
Al-Nasr (my favourite team since childhood) wants him
@MCU fell off after phase 3 have you ever heard anything about jokes dude?
If I’m not wrong then I’m pretty sure united went out of last seasons ucl to athletics Madrid at the KO round not the QF because city beat athletico Madrid in the QF last season before losing to real Madrid in SF..
Regardless of the money, influence, and competitive aura: Cristiano Ronaldo CANNOT offer any beneficial output for any of the top European clubs beside goals. It is statistically evident that he hindered Manchester United’s overall attack and player development, as pointed out by Alfie. The only argument he had fizzled out this season, as he failed to reach anywhere close to the numbers of players like Salah and Son, and in Europe overall. This argument being elite output of goals, that no other player but Messi and Lewandowski could match or best. We’ve seen the massive decline in his game, mostly due to his age and his dwindling technique. It is no longer appropriate to say that Cristiano Ronaldo starts for any team on the planet.
37 years old and his salary is too high
Very concise, insightful... the OM angle very intetesting... nice work Alfie.
He has tarnished his legacy for ever...
As a Manchester United fan. The dream became the nightmare, he is a solid player still, no denying that. But his mentality to win and win everything can often be seen as petulant or more than likely arrogant. Manchester United have often been the home of world class talent. And unfortunately right now we don't have that. We won't get that unless things drastically change. I don't get why we've brought in a manager if they're going to be playing the same old shit.... We've bought defenders so why is luke Shaw starting. We have a 4 time champions league winner in varane starting on the bench oppose to Harry maguire. It's embarrassing. I never thought I'd see the day where I found arteta.. A manager of arsenal being more brave and bold than the Manchester United boss. He saw whilst aubamayang was one of their best players he was a bit of a locker room cancer, that didn't fit the new system and got rid. Something has to change. I just don't know when and how.
Looking back that seems like a defining moment for Arteta now
I don’t think Ronaldo is delusional enough to think they would win the Prem in his first season of return considering the current state of the team and the competition. He said so himself in his interview when he came back. He knew it was going to be an uphill battle. However, he is the only one with the correct mentality in the team unlike half the youngsters who are more interested in PR and their player value than winning. That included Ole and most of the locker room that just didn’t have the hunger to win.
But he definitely wouldn’t have expected to be at number 6. I don’t blame him to expect being the top 4 and playing UCL when he joined. His frustration stems from the fact that the team is regressing rather than improving while no necessary transfers are being made to address the weakness in the midfield and defence.
Because his salary is huge. That's why.
Come to think of it, how many footballers have won continental cups from at least two continents (UEFA Champions League and AFC Champions League, for example)?
Football is always evolving. A prime Pele (rest his soul) might have struggled as a footballer in the modern era of the game with offsides, superior defending and goal keeping. Nowadays club don't exactly want a striker, more like a complete football player - someone who can tackle, defend, and score goals.
Ronaldo has been frozen in his role as forward. Plus, his skill as a forward is also within the D box. With age, he cannot pull a ball from the back line all the way to opposition goal.
This seems to be a difference in footballing era and Ronaldo should not feel ashamed of what he contributed to it
This generation's athletes have the luxury of having advanced training, sports medicine and nutrition. If CR7 was born in the 50's without those luxuries, he'd definitely struggle when you transport him to the modern era. Now If Pele was born today and had the same luxury, would you still think he'd struggle?
he been slowly detoriating since 2014 when he hit 29, the pace and dribbling he used to have gone with the wind. only thing he can do after that is play fox in a box for tap in. but now he cant even do that any more. he's finished
@@laujack24 he had knee injury which honestly affected his dribbling
@@crestfire8008 I dont buy those story, all player who rely on pacing to win r gonna lose it after they hit 28. its just what aging does to u, ronaldo's case is no different he hit the wall I would say about average time any winger do. mbappe will have the similar issue in 4-5 years time.
Could Newcastle offer a part exchange with Martin Dubravka as a makeweight? And then fund his wages with increased shirt and merchandise sales? CR7 is obviously not going to play in the Champions League this season unless he cuts his own earnings by at least 65% in order to do so! So why not become a Geordie legend who potentially helps them into the top 4 within the next 2 seasons as a result! As well as getting the European qualification and possibly a domestic cup this season too! If I were Newcastle's owners or Eddie Howe then I'd give him a 3 year deal even at his age if they can find a way to afford his wages!
Why would Newcastle want him?
Newcastle has a star player jn their ranks and why would they sell a very good keeper to get a very old player. It won't make sense to me
He should retire and his ego should accept the fact that Messi is the greatest player in history now
Giggs and Teddy Sheringham played to his age and never looked after themselves as much and done alot more work on the pitch then him its just that he looks fit and healthy that people think hes so fit but hes not he can hardly run and it surprised me how little he can run! Is it coz hes done so much playing coz at 37 i was same as 30?
ego got the best of him , and people around him keep enabling his ego too.
and messi won the world cup shattered what he has left in europe...
He has to come to terms with not being the superstar of the team anymore, like you guessed it, Messi. PSG is Mbappe (and Neymar for the moment) team, Messi is supporting cast winning his boatloads of money walking in the background without much fuss.
Ronaldo has to accept those terms; he won't be the 'center' of any top team in Europe anymore; he's not even the main player in ManUnited right now; ETH made the impardonable sin of benching him in the first game, only to throw him to the pitch out of desperation. But he was willing to start without him; that's a sign of the times.
It's a sour thing for him, but it's the truth. No team and no trainer will 'build' a team around him anymore; he has to cut his salary and his pretentions. If he doesn't do it, he can go and be a superstar at the MLS or start his farewell tour at Sporting, nowhere else