Whats up with Cristiano Ronaldo, is he coming OR NOT?

We Manchester United fans would welcome Cristiano Ronaldo(CR7) back, anytime!

What’s not to like about him. Apart from Lionel Messi at the moment no one else came close to Ronaldo’s performance. He has grown from a skinny, full-of-tricks, but pacey teenager when he first arrived as a 19 years old from Sporting Lisbon. Ronaldo has since developed into a complete forward, scoring goals (and wonder goals) at ease. The big wage demand should not be a problem for Manchester United as Ronaldo’s commercial strength alone is enough to compensate for the high wages. He left Manchester United in 2008 having won all the titles in England as well as highest individual accolades.

 

However his trophy counts as well as individual accolades has not increased dramatically during his years in Spain with Real Madrid (his wallet has!). A big part of the reason – Lionel Messi, and his team, Barcelona. Real Madrid has their ‘galacticos’, big names players too. But it is at the same era of which Pep Guardiola and his Barcelona rules. Thus Cristiano Ronaldo has always seems to come out second best, whether individually or with his team. And this despite Ronaldo’s phenomenal scoring records. One would wonder if the arrival of Neymar would help Ronaldo’s reputation as one of the best player in football world. Help in the sense that if (a big if) Neymar do manage to settle in a team containing the best player on the planet, playing in the same forward position as that best player, and yet manage to outperform that best player (Messi). This would probably leads to clash of egos between Messi and Neymar, in turn would eventually make their performance suffer, with Cristiano Ronaldo capitalizing on it. This is however quite unlikely as Barcelona is a well-run club and the club’s hierarchy would put a stop to it (the clash of egos between Messi and Neymar).

 

With Ronaldo (and possibly his advisers), one would never know the exact outcome or moves they are going to make next. For one moment Ronaldo admitted he misses Manchester United and it’s the club closest to his heart, and returning will always be a welcome option. The next moment he states that he is currently happy in Spain, when just months ago he had claimed to be ‘sad’. It’s an open secret that Ronaldo’s was not very popular within the Real Madrid’s dressing room.

 

One acceptable guess is that money will be the major determining factor for Ronaldo’s next move (whether he is staying or leaving Real Madrid). Given the available options, it’s rather a ‘no-brainer’ if Ronaldo decides to let his contract run down and thus able to command huge signing on fees (for himself) when he sign for the next time. Even if Ronaldo signs a new deal at Real Madrid, he would still be able to command huge salary (minus the signing on fees) should he choose to leave as his on-field and his commercial abilities are enough reasons for big clubs to make a move for him.

 

If Cristiano Ronaldo is true to his word then fans would either see him spending many years in Madrid (as claim by Fiorentino Perez), or Manchester United as his next AND ONLY move. It is still early days in this transfer window. Many things can still happen, so Manchester United fans are not giving up, just yet!