We Need To Talk About Cristiano Ronaldo
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- Опубліковано 24 жов 2022
- Cristiano Ronaldo is a man who is never out of the news - but whilst for most of the last 20 years he has been making headlines for scoring goals and winning the biggest prizes, now it is for handing in transfer requests, refusing to come on in games, and throwing tantrums.
Ronaldo asked to leave Manchester United after the Red Devils failed to qualify for the Champions League, but after no one seemed interested in signing him, he has since endured a fractured relationship with manager Erik ten Hag.
So in this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at Ronaldo's predicament, why it was in some ways inevitable, and how he has melted the brains of so many Premier League pundits. - Спорт
To me that's what makes Zlatan such an intelligent player. He knew his rol within a team had to change and used all of his success to become a mentor to younger players. He aged so well by being just a little bit self aware, and in many ways has remained the "starman" for Milan despite picking up injuries every time He touches a ball.
I agree.. as a milan fan i have seen his impact first hand and I honestly hope he stays in the club after retiring (2044/45 probably🤣)
Didn't Zlatan get axed from Barcelona because he complained for not playing enough? I love Zlatan but everything else he did in his career was not top level football, there's a reason he never won an UCL
@@angusyoung5398 That situation was sooo different, back then he was in his prime, and he was scoring a goal every two matches. Sure maybe it was unpsortsman and all, but its a completely different context to what's happening in this case
@@angusyoung5398 yeah when he was23 years old. If Erik Ten Hag was dropping 23 year old Ronaldo then do you really think people would support him? Ronaldo is 38, he can't dribble anymore, he's lost his pace, he doesn't help in buildups, doesn't help defensively, and underperforms his xG, he's not good enough to play as starter for top team anymore. As a supersub like Zlatan, he would be perfect but his ego seems like it can't handle it so oh well, time to move on
@@angusyoung5398 2 very very different types of Zlatan its incomparable
I think the biggest problem for Ronaldo is that he didn't really plan out his career post- Madrid. He overestimated how strong and competent of a club Juve were, and made a hasty decision to return to the Prem, which at his current age is a massive risk to take, especially if you aren't going to Man City. Now he's in a situation he could've never imagined and probably just can't fully handle it mentally.
Another element to the story is the myth that Ronaldo could go into any team and make them serial winners. People seem to forget that even at RM, Ronaldo had to adapt. He was already a great player, but he needed to change his playstyle to become a goalscoring player, and people also largely forget that he had to wait for the right players to match his style. He had less ego around him, players like Benzema who played almost as a CAM to fit into CR7s playstyle. Isco, Marcelo and Carvajal would fill the wing roles while Ronaldo plays as a target man. All to say that Ronaldo needed players around him to succeed. Juve was the first realization that CR7 couldnt just go into any team and succeed. With massive egos in the team, no one actually wanted to play like Benzema, or Carvajal. Which is why Juve had lesser players like Bernardeschi playing in a desperate attempt to find players who were willing to play the way CR7 wanted. And he ended up making a CL finalist team become worse.
@@fuaddanial2029 It didn't take any time for Ronaldo to adapt at Madrid. It only took Madrid time to win the Champions League. Ronaldo hit the ground running from an individual perspective.
At Juve it was a lack of quality which cost them in the CL. Ronaldo showed up big time in the KO's until the Porto game in his last season. Juve's transfer business was just laughably bad.
I do agree though that no player can go to a team and singlehandedly make them win. Superstars are always granted a certain level of freedom to fully express themselves on the pitch.
@@fls128 Ronaldo was a 30-goal a season player when he first came to RM, he adapted to become a 60-goal a season player after his 2nd season in La Liga.
I disagree that Juve lacked quality. They were CL finalist twice before Ronaldo came, and were already comfortably winning Serie A for almost a decade running. Its hard to see Ronaldo who clearly was the best player in the team as the culprit. But Ronaldo's arrival to Juve brought the balance of the team down to the point they are now not even contending for Serie A. Lets remind ourselves that Juve didnt buy him to win KO games (they were already there) they bought him to win the whole damn thing. If anything, buying Ronaldo was the worst of Juve's business in retrospect. It made the team worse in so many ways, and affected them until today.
@@fuaddanial2029 This is the problem with correlation = causation though. They won the Serie A and other cups in his first 2 years and Juve still kept sacking managers, lastly bringing in a complete beginner in Pirlo. They lost players like Barzagli, Benatia, Higuain, Mandzukic, Cancelo, Spinazzola, Chiellini was injured most of the time, and kept making foolish "free" signings like Rabiot and Ramsey.
Not saying that Ronaldo was absolutely perfect but if you followed them in the 3 years he was there it was a case of Juve being incompetent as a club.
This is it to a tee. He’ll never admit it but I imagine he regrets leaving Madrid the way he did.
We were singing his name just before halftime when he was warming up and he repaid us by leaving the stadium early. People who say Man Utd fans disrespected him doesn't even know anything. We also cried VIVA RONALDO against Chelsea. Nobody would support a player who is wrong but we still did it cause he is our legend.
Bro they were bringing him in after the 90th min. That's when you make subs to waste time. They could have brought him in 70th but the 90th minute. Come on bra
@@bongumusasibiya1772 So? Are his feelings more important than what the manager thinks is right now? Ronaldo is a legend but no way should he be able to have greater power than the manager. What he did was disrespectful to the manager and his teammates.
@@hieutruong7456 his reputation TO HIM is more important than that. If he wanted to waste time he could have put in Maguire.
@@bongumusasibiya1772 if maguire was in the bench, you just talk but you know nothing 😂😂😂😂
@@bongumusasibiya1772 not sure where you're from, but that's not how we expect supposed greats to behave in England
In 2016 Mourinho predicted that in 5 years Messi will be 34 but I guess he never saw it coming for Ronaldo.
Wow special one has an amazing insight to be able to predict that Messi would be 34 5 years after 2016. Very few could have anticipated that
Out if so many languages Mou spoke the truth, wise words.
what a prediction, my GOAT.👏👏 who could have known Messi would be 34 in 2021. simply genius.
When Zlatan returned to Milan he was mostly there to mentor and motivate the younger players and become the locker room leader, so when Ronnie first back to Manu i thought he's gonna take the same role, but apparently i was wrong
U are always wrong
I remember reading an article about that last year. Ronaldo complained saying when he was younger he listened and took advices from older more experienced players. These younglings at Man U were not doing the same.
Mind you he was the best player they had at the time.
@@bongumusasibiya1772 does that make him look better for wanting to leave the club? 😂😂😂
What will that bring to the conversation, we're not talking about last season where the coach was baby ole
@@kammalsawmgangte4050 😂harsh dude
Yes, although Zlatan at first was also a key member of the team. He is playing less because he started having problems with injuries
Here in Portugal a lot of pundits call us “ungrateful” whenever we say he’s not the same player as he was 4 or 5 years ago, mainly because of what he’s done throughout his career and, with the latest events, with him leaving the Tottenham game early after refusing to be subbed, a lot of people are criticizing Ten Hag by saying he is “a nobody” comparing to Ronaldo in terms of accolades, so yeah, it’s not only in England that people defend him blindly
Don’t forget his stans too who defends him relentlessly on any wrongdoing he does
@@viandramonisyaf8623 These fanboys legit say people want to make Ronaldo look like the next Hitler.
I have yet to come across a comment saying more that this isn't okay and he should be published severely for it.
I mean sure exaggerations exists to make a point more clear. But as a German Jew I could puke every time I hear something like that.
But the internet knows no Greyscale. It's either black or white. Good or bad. The internet has no sense or interest in acknowledging that Peter, 52, domestic abuser is not equally as bad as Adolf freaking Hitler, the man the created the first industrial and bureaucratic genocide of millions.
I was going to ask if people think he's some kind of Pele. But you pointed out something interesting to me: Cristiano, despite putting his foot down and denying it as much as he wants, will age beyond his own career in sport. We saw Pelé grow old, be a commentator on two world cups (and contested), an unofficial minister of sport (and controversial), a singer, a charity man, a law of general guidelines for fans, teams and championships, an extremely controversial personality, in short. I'm curious to know if the press will hold that opinion for the rest of Big Ron's life. And make no mistake, as a Brazilian I can say this well: Our great idols have either aged to be challenged or are Ayrton Senna.
Both Ronaldo and Fernando Santos should leave after the World Cup.
@@soundscape26 For the sake of my Portugueses friends mental health: Santos shouldn't have reach to the World Cup. He is the major holder of the potencial of the team. Even Cristiano can work in the Portuguese team still, if they don't have Santos at the wheel.
What I don't get about the pundits whinging about Ten Hag being "hard" on CR7 is that for years they've said that Man U needs to have a culture of accountability and now finally get it and they're apoplectic.
One thing I never understood Is why Ronaldo isn't willing to take paycut for transfers. He's a billionaire at this point and earns millions regardless of football just from merchandizing & brand.
When did he say he wouldn't take a pay cut? I'm sure the media says that but he already took a paycut when he moved from juventus to man utd. Im sure he'll take another one when he moves again.
@@The_Antagonist07 he earn 500k weekly at Man U what pay cut he took ?
i think the issue is that he still thinks he's worth the wages he's making, and no reason to take a pay cut if you think you're worth what you're currently making
@@The_Antagonist07 Maybe he means a paycut that shows his footballing ability, and not the paycut he has to deal with because he isn't 26 anymore.
But if you ask me: I would also want the highest salary I can get. It's not like it's hurting either ManUdt or any other club that is able to sign Ronaldo (he just wouldnt go to Atalanta, no matter the money). These clubs know exactly that he's worth every penny in merchandise boosts and sponsoring attraction.
He gets paid that big because he's is a household name.
@@gandalf_thegrey somewhat agree but whether he’s worth it in merchandise etc is somewhat irrelevant, given that money is still one of the biggest factors limiting his options
Ronaldo at one point deserved the right to be selfish because of his abilities , he could score 6 goals on his own for a team , but now the ego and ability don’t match anymore , back in Madrid he could be all overconfident or egotistical and still score like 5 hat tricks a season.
He does have the talent. It's just, he isn't talented in the right areas anymore
No one has the right to be selfish just because he is good. That's absurd, childish and objectively problematic in a team game.
He couldn't score 6 goals on his own though.. The vast majority of times he could be the lethal finisher that would score at the end of a promising attack that his teammates made possible.. The instances that he would score out of nowhere or on his own are few and far between even in his prime..
Both Ten Hag and Arteta are scholars of Pep Guardiola. And pep has taught them, no person is bigger than the club. You turn up to training like everyone else, you show up and show out every time. Auba learned it the hard way, is he done? No way he is. But he definitely should either humble himself or know that no club will pay above £500,000 for someone who doesn’t have a massive impact like he thinks.
I think most managers know this..... and there has been many to display it before Pep Guardiola.
This is not something Pep had invented.
this rule is twice as old as Guardiola himself. And about 99% of Managers follow this rule to the tee (basically just Roy Keane doesnt, but his managerial career was shit).
Nobody is bigger than the club is even a saying for my 3rd tier German home town team. We get about 10k viewers and Ronaldo would still not be bigger than the club.
He technalcially would be bigger, because nobody knows us. But if he would hypothetically sign a contract with and does these shenanigans he's rotting in the reserves.
Which we don't have because we don't have money lol.
Also your wrong as Messi was (rightfully so) allowed to do what he wants up front and excused from defensive duties during his prime under Guardiola. Every superstar is beneficial to his team as long as he’s physically and mentally capable which sadly doesn’t seem to be the case anymore with CR7
@@a.e.a. He's not wrong with that, Guardiola gave Messi basically free reign on the pitch, but Messi never made any indication to behave like he's bigger than the club. Never. That's why these are totally different situations.
Ronaldo has disrespected the Team (and with that the staff and fans). Messi had just a special role on the pitch - just like Ronaldo.
@@gandalf_thegrey he gave it the meek humble act but surely bringing barca to the point of bankruptcy in ridiculous wages has to be some indication
Pete Donaldson on The Football Ramble (of all people 😅) made a really good point about all this- the fact is, it's a bit of a nightmare scenario for a manager trying to build something for the future, to have this verifiable legend who thinks he's bigger than the club but can't contribute. But Ronaldo's attitude is a massive blessing in disguise for Ten Hag, he's just making it easy for him to dump him without taking the criticism he would normally do in that case. It's a sign that the only one who doesn't understand Ronaldo's situation is Ronaldo.
At this point tho couldn’t they just terminate his contract theres no reason to pay him that much if your not gonna play him
Keane always sticks up for his mates. the whole "say it as it is" persona is a facade
Imagine critiquing a guy for being loyal to his friends.
@@Greimor967 Just because you're mates with somebody doesn't mean you shouldn't call them out if they do stupid shit.
@@Greimor967 imagine sacrificing you core values because your friend goes against them. You can still love someone and criticise their conduct.
@@moonpie4402 to them in person? Definitely. Publicly slate them on a massive platform? Not a chance.
@@mrsl262 completely agree, but you do it privately.
Ronaldo has always been a bit egotistical the difference then though is his immense ability on the pitch largely backed up his attitude. Its only now that age has finally caught up with him that it's seen as a problem but throughout football history all the top players had an immense will to win which may have come across arrogant to others but that was just them being fired up and willing their team to success. Ronaldo has had a fantastic career but unfortunately his best days are long behind him and his ego no longer matches his ability on the pitch like it once did
Basically what made him so brilliant is what might led to his downfall
The saying: Die a hero or live long enough to become the villain cannot describe his situation any better.
Age hasn't really caught up with him. 27 G+A last year in the best league and European competition. Messi was not great last year but under a different manager and system and he's thriving again.
@@user-nx9ec8mr9p that was last year. have you seen him play this year?
If you noticed his critics have always talked about his attitude
I believe a reason why Tom Brady came out of retirement last spring was because he was in attendance for Ronaldo’s hat trick against Tottenham and they met on the pitch. Ironic that they are both going out sad this season.
He just wants to play, that man knows he's the goat of his sport without question
He can't come to terms with getting old.
I always thought Ronaldo cared about winning above everything but now it feels like he’d rather lose but play than see his team win without him
yes. the ego has destroyed him
He's always been like that. He got angry when his teammates scored because they didn't pass to him so he could score. He's a twat. Bloody good player though, that's why many people kept up with him but right now at 38, his performances and abilities doesn't warrant his ego
@@reddevil5543 tbh I'd rather have a twat scoring 50+ goals for me and either winning or coming close to winning a UCL, time catches us to all players but he wants to remain in the headlines understandably
@@franalytics5995people just spew nonsense 😂😂 pretending like ronaldo is your average striker scoring 18 a season. the guy is the top scorer in the history of football ffs😂😂😂 recency bias is crazyy
@@arishemthejudge6780 fr it's crazy lol, all these TikTok and UA-cam highlights watchers don't know Ronaldo
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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.
Almost a year on and without ronaldo, manU still concending goals, still dont press and couldnt win against an above average team like brighton and has to call a 1-0 scoreline against burnley a big win 😃
I GUESS ITS RONALDO'S FAULT ONCE AGAIN
As a United fan, it’s so odd to see, so blatantly, that when Ronaldo starts, we lack any sort of threat from the front in terms of pressing and so we’re forced to sit deeper and invite teams on to us, whereas starting Rashford or Martial for example gives us that extra energy, and seeing pundits routinely defend Ronaldo and saying we are better with him starting.
We are not, and the fundamentals of Erik ten Hag’s style that he is slowly implementing here absolutely requires that willing runner and off-the-ball worker up front. And whilst Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in the history of our club and of all time, he simply isn’t able to run more than Rashford or Martial due to his age, and therefore does not suit Erik’s game whatsoever.
You can argue, and I will, that he is one of the all time greats, and that he is still an incredibly sharp finisher but that isn’t all a striker is anymore in the modern game and especially at United now.
(Edit: 😉)
Rashford,martial is your striker i guess
"When he starts, united lack any sort of threat" He has only started 2 games in the epl this season....... One of which was the 4-0 trashing by Brentford where the whole team was shit. Judging him only from the newcastle game then? OK.... Lol
@@curated_euphoria_experience Yes, in which he failed to put pressure the Newcastle back line at all, offered absolutely nothing and was hooked on 72’ for Rashford, who despite playing 20 minutes, attempted more presses, completed more dribbles and had more shots.
@@taison5 so your assessment is based of 1 game after being sidelined for 8 games? Even haaland or Messi wouldn't be able to match your standards.....
@@taison5 lmaoooo absolutely bodied him
Ronaldo also somehow snagged the reputation of being Mr. UCL at Madrid. He hasn't even seen a UCL semi since leaving RM.
Madrid hid his flaws for many years.
I thought that was because the game changed in that time. That and his RM tenure was shared with Messi, so there was always an elite talent to contrast against.
I wouldn't say madrid hid his flaws. People were just willing to tolerate them when he was on fire. Also let's be honest, he is Mr. UCL, that reputation is well earned.
before Ronaldo, madrid hadn't won a UCL since 2001 so that reputation is very well deserved it's like saying barcelona hid messis flaws
Pessi hasnt won a ucl since 2015🤣🤣🤣🤣
Literally everyone who played at RM will tell you they couldn’t have gotten that level of success in the UCL without Ronaldo.
Let’s relax here. CR7 wasted his last few years, but he is still Mr. UCL.
Credit to Craig Burley for making the same observation of how English pundits would have reacted if Pogba had acted out like Ronaldo did
Pogba isn’t one of the best players of all time
When Zlatan played in the MLS he scored his 500th goal against my club. It was this crazy kung-fu flying spin-kick goal and even WE had to applaud it, haha
Massive lifelong United fan. I think Ronaldo is top five all-time great...I also think you're absolutely correct in your assessment. Psychologically, it is a humbling, crushing realization when you are no longer the man. It would be best if he followed Beckham's path to the MLS and taste that final fleeting glory one last time.
In my opinion, Cristiano Ronaldo should have planned better his last years as a football player. It is a shame that he had such an oversight and he still thinks he is as good as 5 seasons ago (the latest). Cristiano Ronaldo is my absolute favourite football player and will always be, but he deserved to give himself a better exit from the playing stage. This situation is his fault entirely, not Erik ten Hag, not Manchester United. To end up in this situation with virtually unlimited possibilities it's a pitty.
United went downhill under OGS when Ronaldo came in. It is no coincidence that they've improved under Ten Hag since he dropped him.
there's also been a huge problem caused by the presence of old red nose since he left the boot room. guess ten hag stays away map
@@LoscoeLadlmao im loving this united downfall cz its do deserved
Don't think Keane's constant defence of Ronaldo is anywhere near as complicated as the "he reminds me of me" theory
Neville defended Ole because they were mates. Keane defends Ronaldo because they're mates (just look at the way they hugged each other when Ronaldo came over to the sideline that one time).
neither should be allowed to commentate on disunited games.. truly embarrassing
Jamie Carragher got blanked because of this truth telling about CR7. Keane is scared of that happening to him.
Ole cared about the club. But his skill set didn't match his ambition. Ronaldo only cares about Ronaldo
Does Roy Keane even genuinely want United to do well? Because I get the impression he doesn’t, and it seems strange that he gets so animated defending Ronaldo - why does he care about it so much?!
Hot take - I think that Erling Håland's performances in the city rival Manchester City (especially during the Manchester derby, which ended 6-3) also hurt CR7's ego to a degree, because "how dare this Norwegian kid eclipse the all mighty CR7". Håland's rise in his very first season in the Premier League is something never seen before - not even CR7 had that strong first season (individually) at United.
Relax. Haaland has to score 50 goals a season for the next 12 years to match ronaldo's goal scoring feat...
Good theory but deep down Ronaldo knows he will be overtaken by someone someday, as long as it's not Messi.
So I don't think he particularly cares about Haaland, Mbappe, Vini. Jr, Rodrygo 's performance. As long as it's not Messi.
Besides Mbappe and Haaland have pointed out being Ronaldo fans and inspired by him.
Ronaldo doesn't give a shit about Haaland lol
@@fls128 I agree, he is personally attached to Messi. The new kids can score a hundred goals a season and win 15 Champions league and 10 ballon dors, as long as its not Messi
@@curated_euphoria_experience doesn't sound all that unlikely tbh
Alfie is willing to say the things many cannot. First the Queen, and now Ronaldo.
This guy strikes me as 5”8 and bang average at football.
@@notacloutchaser7407 ironic since Ronaldo is pretty much bang average rn
@@euphoriaggaminghdan average prem player is miles better than an average player who's not even pro lol
His goalscoring record is just wow i can remember when Raul was all time top goal scorer in the Champions league and wondering was his record ever going to be beaten and not only did Ronaldo beat it he has completely blown it out of the water as has Messi and there's no doubt that they're both the 2 greatest players of their generation by quite some distance and possibly the greatest of all time as well.
And now he’s finito
Lol you don't know shit about football if u think these 2 are the greatest of all time. Football didn't begin in 2008
He also shattered many Madrid records in like half the games as the previous record holder.
eras come to an end every great player had their peak and when time came to leave the highest level they did. ain't nothing wrong with that
father time waits for no one
The problem is that Ronaldo refuses to accept that and his attitude about it stinks.
@@hnsnrachel1he wanted to leave, why didn't ETH let him leave if he knew he wasn't gonna be getting the game time he wanted
His move to Juventus was the start of a decline for him & them, poor move from him in terms of the team's state & CL aspirations & for them as they needed a team not spunking their full budget on someone so old to then not be able to invest around him for it to really work. He's wasted the last 4 years really outside of his International goals record as no one is impressed with titles at Juve & even then they were declining with him so it wasn't a great look
Yup, that's why when he left Madrid that off-season, I didn't care.
He was already looking washed in 17/18.
He never even played another UCL semi after he was there to "bring Juve the UCL."
Prayed on that downfall
Ahh the voice of reason, thank you very much Alfie
Ironically I think that Portugal team is good enough to contend for the world cup (at least as far as the Quarter Finals), but Fernando Santos's almost-religious insistence to playing Ronaldo for the full 90, blocking the path to the 1st team for players like Raphael Leao will prevent them from kicking on I expect.
My Portuguese brother-in-law and I disagree on this point.
lemme promise you Ronaldo will absolutely dominate the world cup. The only thing more dangerous than Ronaldo is a Ronaldo hell bent on proving people wrong
@@maxwellmaragia2272 hasn't proven people wrong in quite some time.
Fernando Santos is also outdated... both him and Ronaldo should leave the national team after the World Cup. If they have a good campaing they'll leave on a high, if they have a bad one... it's self-explanatory.
@@maxwellmaragia2272 It is over, at least at the highest level. Nothing worse than seeing him wanting to, but no longer being physically able. Add to that a shady and highly influencial agent like Mendes and an ultradefensive and over the hill coach like Santos and the perfect storm is set for an utter disaster for Portugal at the WC. But none the less the disaster that we need.
@@maxwellmaragia2272 he won't.
As a lifelong Manchester United fan (21 years), this whole situation is infuriating. I watch every game and it doesn’t take a football analyst to see how much united have been improving under eth. I love ronaldo just as much as any united fan who saw him in his early years does but it’s not hard to realise that he isn’t as useful at his age now in the modern game. We finally have a manager who shows he is able to do some man management and all the ex player pundits shut him down while they stick up for a guy they’re attached to because they played with him for a short while in his early years, and he went on to be one of the best players the games ever seen. It’s like the ex united player pundits are unfamiliar with man management despite playing under one of the best man managing managers of all time. Scholes was one of the best creative cms I’ve had the pleasure of watching and he has even previously stated that there would be games where sir Alex would just drop him because he didn’t suit the system for an upcoming game. All ex united pundits were brilliant players and they would’ve all been dropped by sir Alex at times but for some reason they put ronaldo on this pedestal where despite it being obvious that he may not be what is best for the team at times, he is completely undroppable.
Bruno F wont pass the ball to cr7.. are you blind?
I was actually shocked by what Roy Keane said, I can't understand how he can honestly think that Ten Hag isn't winning enough games and Ronaldo should be playing more. Has he watched any of Manchester United this season?
At least he has Europa to keep playing 90 mins
Now he has jeopardised it... 😪
Sad to see a legend like Ronaldo tarnishes his legacy like this. I hope he figure the situation out because we don’t want the 2nd Man Utd stint to be the most fond memories of CR7 when he hangs his boots.
Well...
Ronaldo’s performances this season have been a disgrace. The guy can’t even do basic stuff like pass five yards. Trap a ball, control a ball. And we all turned a blind eye to it because he scored goals but now that he isn’t scoring it’s become more noticeable.
the cr7 fan boys wont like this but it's fax
That's very similar to Heung-Min Son lol
@@yourmum955 don't let Spurs fans hear you 😂 I agree though
And have you watched today's game?
@@joeysal007 yes he was shite as always
Santos and ronaldo are joined at the hip, there’s no way ronaldo doesn’t start all 3 group games. It’ll be the last World Cup for both santos and ronaldo, and as unfortunate as it is, in a new era of very pressing football. Both Portugal’s new generation and a new manger such as amorin will make Portugal a frequent top 8 side on an international scale again
Portugal look to have a really bright future on the horizon, Ronaldo could be an amazing impact player off the bench for this one last tournament, score a few goals and get a proper send off but i guess to Ronaldo that’s too much like giving up.
@@moonpie4402 I think it’ll be one last ride for ronaldo at least as we know him to be a starter for Portugal. I can’t see him being subbed off even if they’re chasing the last 10 minutes of a knockout game. It’s asif santos and ronaldo have a mutual agreement with each other or are friends. I can see them being 1-0 down to france or whoever and just putting 4 up front alongside ronaldo rather than instead. Like santos and ronaldo are so stubborn but now it’s to the deteriment of the teams performance
Comming from his 4 goals in a match with Al-nassar today, will I will only say that people can talk all they want but can never match his level.
4 goals in the Saudi league is not impressive
People make fun of Pele for "inventing goals" but Ronaldo fans are literally bragging about him scoring 4 for a monarch's pet project
He’s done. He’s had a long and incredible career but sometimes you need to bow out when the ovation is loudest. If I were him I’d cash in on that Saudi offer now before his stock falls further in England and even they don’t want him anymore.
Put him in a good team and he would still score 20+ goals per season. Man Utd are a shitty team.
@@RnR1001 stop being so delusional. ronaldo is done. he plays terrible for portugal.
@@RnR1001 They have beaten Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs this season.
The Saudis would always take Ronaldo.
If he would still play at age 50, they would still sign him.
He's a mega star (not just a football star) and some shananigans in England doesn't change that. His stock is not his footballing quality (that's an extra), it's himself.
It's his reach, the gazillion followers on Social Media. The man that sells underwear and perfumes. The man that has bigger sponsoring deals than his salary. He the perfect candidate for sports washing. Millions of people, including millions of children, look up to this guy (even after the Chelsea game) and when he says it's getting better in Saudi they believe him.
The questions is just if he wants to do that.
@@RnR1001 no good team wants him
I hate to see Ronaldo in this state when he still has all the ego of a serial winner but not the ability(any more) to back it up. It was always gonna happen but it is soo sad to see the guy I loved to see play everyday turn into basically a rotational option.
No bruno F doesnt have the ability to win… blame the forward is such a bored take.
In my opinion, he's always had a terrible attitude when it comes to this, but when you are as good as he was particularly from say 2013-2017, your team is going to win a lot, and that is going to mask a ton of issues, but you have to be a truly sensational player for teams and the media to put up with that, and CR7 isn't at that level anymore.
Ronaldo thinks he is bigger than everyone and everything in football
But he is
@@miguelcmr54 lol no…a player that can’t even score a tapin against Ammonia isn’t bigger than anyone..
@@vb2388 literally he is the most influential footballer of all time.
@@yemi3266 That doesn't mean a lot without context.
Messi makes his team better while Ronaldo make his team worse, levels
People Defending Ronaldo are mostly Madrid Fanboys
If you Ask Them
Would they take Ronaldo Back
"They won't Take Him Back"
But yet they Bark Everywhere
Nah ronaldo fanboys, not madrid fanboys.
Ronaldo should not be starting at united, but that’s not what everyone is annoyed about. Manchester United kept one of the greatest players of all time at their club for their own selfish purposes, knowing he would just sit on the bench, also knowing he wanted to leave. They are ruining the end of his career! The club is an absolute disgrace.
Here I fixed your statement. United tried to sell Ronaldo however no club wants to pay his absurd wages. On top of the fact he is past his prime and is extremely egotistical. Ronaldo is ruining the end of his career.
@@urnother1989 cap, plus I already said in my statement he should not be starting at united, yet you feel the need to try and get at his abilities. All I see is a ronaldo hater
@@urnother1989 fix your own statement good sir👌
What part of the end of CR37's career do they owe him?
@@lougiacobbi725 just reading your comment made me lose braincells
Father Time is undefeated.
Anyway to over simplify.
Messi = team player/whats good for the team
Ronaldo = what team. It's all about me.
Messi playing on a team
Of superstars
Cr7 surrounded by trash.
@@notacloutchaser7407 that's only since his return to Man U.
22:35 unpopular opinion I don't think Ole would've been fired until the end of the season if he stuck to his guns and made him a bench player after that Everton game. The fact that they kept playing him only added legitimacy to arguements like "Oh they haven't won a prem game without him" when in reality they hardly played any games without him and on the whole the results weren't even better against those specific teams in the matches that he played Vs the ones he didn't.
That's spot on got to remember the season before Ronaldo was much better and even though was top goal scorer the teams goal dried up drastically and ruined their style of play. Actually feel bit sorry for ole as he obviously felt he didn't have the clout to fully drop him without the plastic fans turning on him.
@@deanbrown29 Yep i agree don't get me wrong he still wasn't the guy for the long term but the season wouldn't have been as horrendous as it was
Ronaldo Stans are incredibly annoying, im a Man United fan and there is no reasoning with them. They come off as the children who play fifa and switch the controls to the opposite team shortly after kick off in order to score lots of own goals, only to boast about the result afterwards.
Yeah the amount of relentless defending they are willing to do on someone who doesn’t even know them is pure insanity tbh. Seriously, idk how they managed to have the energy to do that everyday 😭.
Funny. I’ve heard that be used as a coping mechanism
@@viandramonisyaf8623 Isn't it the same for all the celebrity stans? They keep on defending their idols at any cost, be that by even insulting others
@@joeysal007 Yeah that is true sadly
Every single club on earth desperately wants CR7, but none of them want to pay ¾ of their annual budget on his salary.
Around 13:55 ya may a really good point about adapting his game. Video idea: 7 best players who adapted their game
He’s back to training with the first team and he’ll probably start the game against Sheriff. I really hope Ronnie calms down and keeps his cool, it’s gonna hurt him when he’s looking for a team to join in the summer.
The thing is, and hear me out here, Ronaldo hasn't yet disappointed a manager that consistently bet in him and kept him on the pitch, it eventually always payed off. Now what Ten Hag did, allthough he surely had his reasons given how the season started, is to bench him before giving him the chance of the day. And yes he starts him now and then in shitty matches most players are switched of at. Against Omonia for example half the players were digesting their redbull rather than trying and Ronaldo was frustrated by minute 15. Ronaldo hasn't gotten the chance to actually prove himself and the playtime he gets is rather for pity than for trust, and this shows, this doesn't give him the confidence to play on and honestly to do this rather sell him before season starts as Man Utd and therefore Ten Had are basically ending his carreer for him. I'm not discrediting anything you said here, most of it is true, but from the opposite side of the spectrum there's also a point to be made that Man U/Ten Hag are distrusting a player before he fails the club just assuming he will. And again we're back to a what came first, Ronaldo's behaviour at preseason or Ten Hag letting him know he would play the cup matches mostly regardless of what he did to change that.
Look at this Ronaldo fan boy
@@t.bo.e2487 might be, but not wrong am i?
@@yurimpass you definitely are wrong. Why would ten hag start him if he’s disrespecting the team, playing poorly, doesn’t fit the system, and is almost 38 years olds.
@@jideobiodobulu8462 The information we had BEFORE he even missed pre season was that he had a meeting with ten hag to discuss terms and was already told he wasn't gonna get much playtime and be treated as a supersub when utd needs a goal. this is the biggest disrespect you can give him. So arguably you can't just look ar one side and say he disrespected the club by behaving bad, trying to leave, missing preseason. Thats not what came first
This aged like dogwater
Alfie, you hit the nail on the head with this video.
Love, from South Africa 🇿🇦🔥❤️
Imagine if someone at McDonald’s did what Ronaldo did? “Nah boss I don’t want to make burgers I want to make the nuggets and if you put me on burgers I’ll just go home” they’d be sacked immediately
He isn’t an employee he is an asset.
Not if the guy is widely famous for making nuggets in the past, and through this fame brings more status and money to Mcdonalds
That comparison is rather odd.
A year or two ago I would have been very hard on Ronaldo but your video about the dehumanising of footballers changed my perspective, his son died only a few months ago he should be given a lot of slack
No he shouldn't. If it's affectibg him that bad he should take time off
Whats trashfords excuse?
@@notacloutchaser7407 he's better than CR37 at the moment, so he needs no excuse.
messi destroys whatever competitive spirit ronaldo have with that world cup win.
"Nobody wanted to sign him"
Wrong, nobody wanted to pay a transfer fee for a publicly unhappy player who's contract expires in a few months, not every club is as dumb as United was with Antony, most other clubs don't just pay millions for players they can get free with a little patience, and clubs are still interested in him, Napoli is publicly interested in signing him so i have no idea where people got this utter BS that nobody wants him from, not wanting to pay an unnecessary transfer fee to united is not the same as not wanting a player
United aren't impressive at all, they're awfully inconsistent and frequently struggle in the second half without Ronaldo and Ronaldo typically only joins matches during the second half when Bruno's already run himself ragged and Rashford's missed 3 sitters, its ridiculously precocious to count Ronaldo out based on performance in these conditions, PSG fans who thought Messi was done come to mind lol Ronaldo will have his vengeance still, he always does, if anything i'm excited by how mad this nonsense must be making him and funny how everyone is pretending like United is good all of the sudden because of the Tottenham game, Tottenham which immediately following that match got wrecked by EVERTON lol
Thanks Alfie. That's what was an insightful video.
If he had an ounce of self-awareness, he'd realize being a super-sub would be a great way for him to rack up goals, avoid injuries, be a hero and stay on a high level team. But his ego, wage demands and selfish play will curtail his top-flight career prematurely, given his amazing talents. He was a GOAT goal scorer once, but in my opinion, he was never a great "footballer". I think Messi will be remembered with far greater fondness, and Ronaldo's legacy will serve as a cautionary tale.
typical messi fanboy who jumps on every opportunities to hate on Ronaldo. He will bounce back in no time and then we will see the likes of you to go back to the cave fot 1000th time
@@joeysal007 If anybody is acting like a fanboy it's you. I get it, Ronaldo is everything you're not: beautiful, talented and beloved. You are aware of how arguments work. correct? You actually need to refute my points.
I am a fan of Ronaldo too. It was horrible when he was injured in the 2016 Euro final and he has much better public engagement with his fans than Messi. I wish he would adapt his game and help return the club where he found initial glory to prominence.
He has the most assists in UCL history. Stop the nonsense.
My guy outside of Messi, Cruyff, Pele, Maradona, Zidane, R9 there is literally no one else close to his legacy lol
“Cautionary tale” 😭
Literally millions of football players and many of the biggest forwards in Europe look up to him.
@@technica6338 You know when somebody starts a sentence with "my guy", they're going to make several good points...
ronaldo is the jordan of football
an extremely motivated, driven and at times selfish and egotistical superstar who has done a lot of winning, but stepped on a lot of toes
Nah jordan is much greater. Cr7 isnt the greatest footballer of all time
@@Ninja-gt3zi he is one of the greatest of all time
And I guess 2022 is the Wizards era.
@@generalpotato6124 jordan is greater
@@Ninja-gt3zi michael jordan, that guy is from basketball not the same
great video u sum it up very nicely in this video.
Great and insightful work, as always.
One point that isn't talked about in my humble opinion is the loss of his child earlier this year. Don't get me wrong. I don't use this tragedy in order to justify his antics by any means, but I am pretty certain that it took a toll on his mental health.
Losing a child is an event that will stay forever with him.
What is his mental state currently? Nobody is really asking this question. I agree with all the points that you mentioned, but in the end, we are all humans. Who knows whether he will ever recover from this tragedy.
In one word: petulance
In many words: the whole video
Long story short , always remember to be humble and do not ever forget you are not higher than your employer, lastly keep your ego aside, keep your mouth shut.
Great video like always.
Day 3: Hey Alfie, could you please do a mini-doc on Justin Fashanu please, it's a criminally underrated and horribly sad story .
I would add that he has lost a child in the last year, and that is going to have an impact in some form on and off the pitch.
Narcissists know how to behave when it's going well but expose themselves when it's not. I'm glad he's finally showing his true personality.
Cant wait for his reaction to the infamous interview, feel bad for my man for missing a bit of his timing
Very good video appreciate, wish those pundits can watch this video
again this aged like dogwater
Everyone seems to forget his 20+ goals in all comps last season, single-handedly with DDG keeping United out of the relegation zone… he wanted to leave in the summer and we should have listened, the goat makes his own rules
I think Alf said it in this one, there may have been a call from higher up to keep CR7.
I think the issue that wasn’t mentioned here and I think is probably the reason for such reaction from CR7 is that Manchester United kept him cos they can still milk his economics benefits whilst they’re no longer offering him anything he wants in return. We don’t know what promises the higher-ups gave to him so we can’t judge his reaction as yet.
My response is the same as the last vid - agreed! He's yesterday's man and hasn't come to terms with it yet. We all also know that if pundits were that knowledgeable, they'd be managing teams not analysing them on tv! Their insights are interesting but are only as good as the half they've just watched.
It's funny because shortly after this video was made, Messi got his era defining tournament, his 86 Maradona.
Did he dribble past a whole team and score?
Suggestion: the 7 clubs most likely to win their first international club competition. This includes Champions League/Europa League/Conference League and all their predecessors.
That’s really difficult. You think of some obvious new money clubs like Man City, Newcastle or PSG and they’ve all won minor continental trophies in the past (Cup Winner’s Cup, Intertoto Cup, and both in those respective cases). Would be a really good video.
@@scpjack7856 Cup winners cup isn't minor though
Anyway this but globally. I'd love to hear more about CONCACAF and AFC competitions
@@micayahritchie7158 The modern equivalent would be the Europa League.
It's the Cup of Champions where the prestige was at.
@@gandalf_thegrey No the modern equivalent isn't the Europa League it was a cup for cup winners national cups weren't sidepiece events back then the cup winners cup was surely more of an occasion than the Europa League. It wasn't minor
He was decent last season , but this season he is actually causing a little problem at the club this season so far
Decent??? He was abit more than decent.
No, he was ass!
Those goals were self-serving!
The team went from 2nd to 6th
His stats are identical to
Rashfords this season.. per minute…
Blah
He underperfomed his xG last season lol. The entire team became supply Ronaldo FC and that's why he scored that many. The overall team scored a lot less. 18/19 and 19/20 united scored 100+ goals in all comps. No single player scored more than 20, but the goals were shared between Greenwood, Rashford, Bruno, Martial, Pogba, Cavani etc. Last season the whole team had to be setup to supply Ronaldo because of which we only scored 68 goals in total, went from 2nd to 6th. He's my favourite player of all time, but truth is age catches up to everyone no matter how good you were. And it caught up to him. No need to disrespectful, he's a club legend, hopefully he finds and club that can actually give him minutes and leave in January
@@louismwobobia5773 acting like that a huge difference
You nailed it when you said (paraphrasing), "Keano is vicariously re-living his final days at Old Trafford through Ronaldo". Every insult that comes Ronaldo's way, Roy Keane takes it as a personal insult. He doesn't want to chin Pogba or Ronaldo, he wants to chin Sir Alex! Seriously though how can you argue Rashford or Martial are doing a better job than Ronaldo would? I'm so disappointed with both of them. Even if you disagree with that, you'll surely agree than Ronaldo is doing a better job than Mason Greenwood!
Matial and trashford
Are jokes…
Ronaldo top scorer of 2023 and scoring many goals this year
Ronaldo loves shushing his haters and here we are once again ronaldo is proving that he can still do some very good stuff for the team at 38 years of age and ten hag is proving.....absolutely nothing horrible signings horrible performances struggling against relegation teams and probably no top 4 this season 🤙🏻
Ten Hag could get relegated bottom of the league and it would still be more meaningful of an achievement than bullying plumbers in the desert 😂
@@Billiamwoods cry more tbh🤣🤣
@@epikfayt4510 You have to say what a World Cup for rapenaldo
@@Billiamwoods keep crying🤣🤣
@@epikfayt4510 Guy replies to me in seconds on a 5 day old comment but I'm crying?
Anyway, to quote my favorite footballer Ronaldo, "She said no and stop repeatedly"
Day 339: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.
Keep dreaming bocah
Rabona TV also talk about this from portugal national team perspective and come more or less same conclusion that ronaldo will be better as an impact sub player
19:12 it's the fans Alfie, you can't say anything about him because he drives positive engagement
“You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain”
CR should know his position right now. Just hang the boots, you don't have to prove anything anymore. We all already know you are one of the greats in football.
I think he has to prove it to himself. His obsession with beating Messi gave us the beast that he was in his prime years, it’s now giving us his most excruciating decline.
@@DBrealmadrid9606 Yeah i know the rivalry is the best thing in football in this decade. I love it. It is just painful to watch his legendary career stained like this.
@@agraulosgaming3662 I can’t say I am surprised to be honest. I have always thought that he constantly had to fight an uphill battle with his own ego and unfortunately never came on top. Even though he is a man of great controversy and even the though, in my opinion, Messi is clearly the more talented/superior/better player, I will always appreciate his contributions to RM
I think you exposed the issue: “one of”. To some, there can only be one true GOAT. Maybe CR7 is one of those guys.
Why should he retire lmao. If he wants to keep playing then he can. Who are you to tell him if he should hang up his boots or not?
Ronaldo scored a goal every two games last season. Which is what he was referring to I guess
And yet ManU's overall scoring was down from the year before and will be back up again this year as well.
@@lougiacobbi725 how is that ronaldo’s fault when he done his job in scoring goals? Maybe blame the rest of the team for not chipping in
@@princeagbontaen8260 that's why hero worshipping fanboys don't get to be football managers.
@@lougiacobbi725 players need to start taking accountability for their own performances instead of blaming someone who actually performed.
If Ronaldo had gone to the 6th best european league instead of the best league in the world, then he’d be topping the scoring charts. He wants a challenge unlike a certain tiny Argentinian, who can’t even tear up that farmers league
Boom, headshot.
Past Man Utd players turned pundits defending their teammates and being partisan?? Never heard it before
unique super athletes who invests alot of work in their body to extend playing years like CR7 and Tom Brady shouldn´t be compared to regular good football players FULL STOP.
100% correct.
He is still faster, stronger and better with the ball at his feet than fred or mctominay.
I see a lot of parallels between Ronaldo right now and the beginning of Carmelo Anthony's decline in basketball. A player who was one of the best in the world for a solid decade has trouble adjusting to what his new role in winning teams should be. Melo eventually settled into his new role as a legend who plays limited minutes and helps the young guys develop, idk if Ronaldo will ever do the same.
It’s all a matter of ego and humility, I think. And what you’re willing to do to be a champion
There are 3 guys who defied the existence of father time, that's Cafu, Maldini, and Costacurta. Winning the Champions League at 37, 39 and 41 with Maldini even featuring in the Ballon d'Or shortlist with Kaka, Messi and CR7, and Cafu and Maldini played as Milan's wingbacks lol.
The situation was described perfectly superb job
I think ac Milan would be perfect for him if he reduced his wages. Be great for his brand, he could still do it in the seria A as it is a much slower league, they're lacking goals and he's an upgrade on their options.
Good point
Nah he should come to Palermo. The club is owned by the City football group so he can be paid. He can carry the team to Serie A and bring it back to Europe.
The issue there is of Christian’s is willing to humble himself to play in the second tier. And be away from the spotlight. Which could mean that he won’t go to MLS.
No, keep him and his fanboys away from milan
So funny how wrong you are after stating how right you are
6 months later and he was proven even more correct
Congrats on the 500k subs Alfie:)
Only took 1500 trash videos
As I once said in another YT channel it's time for Ronaldo to move onward to his new deserved role. The one he had in euro 2016 final. As the new coach of portugal instead of Fernando Santos
He needs a team which can have him as a poacher, not one going through a rebuild... January out
Wow, What a way to describe a legend of the game's legacy. The amount of biased toward Messi is clearly visible. So, can't expect fairness in this discussion tho.
But the thing most painful to watch or hear was those exact horrible words you used to describe him. Man does deserve shit from you guys and never will he did enough for the game & made many fall in love with this sport. And for that, I'm forever thankful to him
If you've ever seen his twitter you would know Alfie hates Ronaldo lol he's massively biased despite his best efforts.
@@fls128 It doesn't matter how you show him as a person but you can't refuse his contributions to this sport. He does take some questionable steps but you just can't judge someone by just sitting in front of your monitor & watching the game. There is a whole world behind that playground.
One of the most counter-arguments this UA-camr used is that he didn't score as many goals as Messi or other players But he completely ignore the fact that C.Ronaldo didn't get as much playtime as Messi & Other players did. Before this season, C.Ronaldo was one of the top scorers in The Premier League. He did the best he could, but after arriving Eric as a new manager, his downfalls really started. He couldn't fit into his plan & got left on the bench.
If you see through any unbiased eyes, you will see Messi isn't in his best shape either. He spent a terrible season last year but doing decently at the current point in time. But this man, claiming he could play well in his 40s is just the most outraises thing I ever heard in quite some time.
I get it. You don't like that man as a person but don't ever try to refuse his contributions if you are a true fan of this sport, even though you are a Die heart Messi fan.
Alfie is so weak he has 1500 videos and not a single one does he show his (surely not handsome) face.
This whole video felt like him just bashing Ronaldo. He kept mentioning the substitute issue when he would’ve come on in the 89th minute. Then he talks about pogba and how pundits would react if you acted this way. Has pogba won 5 champions? Does he hold the record for most goals scored?
You lot are embarrassing
Ronaldo should go to some smaller European club to finish his career where he will play Europa League or ECL like Slavia Prague, Viktoria Plzen or Maccabi Haifa.
Real issue is that he won't accept a paycut to play there. His ego is that big.
He will go to Chelsea or napoli
Day 5: 7 less known/competitive top-flight leagues that saw world class players played in there. (For example the Hong Kong Premier League) (Preferably those who attracted these players throughout a longer time, rather than the oil money leagues that only do so in recent years)
Erling Haaland playd in the Norwegian Eliteserien for one season in Molde FK. Or are you refering to even more obscure top-flights then that?
Ronaldo has reached the point in his career where his best days are behind him and every day he gets slower as he ages. He cannot dominate a game on his own any longer and needs the team to feed him the ball for him to have any success. The problem is top teams are not built around any one player. Manchester United certainly is not. After being the man all his life that certainly is a blow to his ego. As for the pundits claiming Ronaldo is still the greatest well they are entitled to their opinion but clearly they are looking at him with rose-colored glasses because the Ronaldo of today is not the Ronaldo of 4-5 years ago.