It's been a week since Manchester United agreed a fee for their superstar and World Footballer of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo.. £80 million, that's a lot of money to anyone, even to the likes of Bill Gates.. A few question remains thou.. Was he worth that much? Will MU take a turn for the worse? Will Ronaldo give the same performance which sparked his heavy price tag? Who'll replace him?
Let's look at the sum.. Sepp Blatter recently said that it's good since it shows that the footballing world still has a market.. Well, we can remember that guy for saying that MU was treating Ronaldo as a slave and also his remark on woman's football.. Not to mention he was the one who said that large sum of cash is ridicolous when buying a player a few years back.. So thank you Blatter but I think you should just keep your trap shut and retire for good..
Any player at his prime will command a high transfer fee, remember Luis Figo in 2000 and then Zinedine Zidane in 2001?? One would have imagine such fees wouldn't be possible again, especially with last year's economy crunch.. Guess Real Madrid had plans of their own.. After spending £55 million on Kaka just a few days ago, they took the world by storm with the purchase of Ronaldo.. Not to mention their near purhcase of David Villa for nearly £40 million.. Come to think of it, I think they've been robbing a bank or something.. To fund so much transfer.. Guess that'll blow their transfer kitty for the next 5 years.. Was it worth it? I think not, Ronaldo is overated.. Like totally.. Sure he gives a great show and score spectacular goals, but he's so full of himself.. I echo Zidane's opinion, "Selling Ronaldo could be the best thing that happens to MU!!"
"Selling your best players doesn't make you a better club"; that was someone's saying.. True to some extend.. However not in most cases.. When MU sold Beckham in 2003, everyone was saying "There goes the team".. Same case when Van Nistelrooy was sold in 2006.. I think there's a trend going on in MU, 2009 Ronaldo is gone.. And where's MU today?? 3 consetutive times league champions, European champions 2008 and runners-up 2009 and the first English club to win the World Club Championships.. And the trophys will just keep pouring in.. MU still has Rooney, Carrick, Berbatov, hopefully Tevez and young uprising lads such as Macheda, Gibson, the Da Silva twins, Anderson, Nani (hopefully) just to name a few.. So yeah, losing Ronaldo could be a blow, but there's only one player you wouldn't be able to replace in MU, Sir Alex Ferguson.. That's right, the manager himself..
Will Ronaldo live up to his price tag? Probably so.. However, history has a habit of repeating itself and many big money moves have turn up flops.. Veron wasn't that good, Robinho is on and off at times, Shevchenko has a torrid time at Chelsea and a lot more examples.. Zidane even state that Ronaldo might be pressured into performing while Quieroz (Portugal manager) isn't too happy that Ronaldo jumped the ship.. Not to mention what happen if you put Kaka and Ronaldo together.. Remember Lampard and Gerrard in the 2006 World Cup? We all have to wait for next season and see for ourselves..
And to who will replace him? I have to agree here, it'll be quite hard to replace a player, thou cocky and full of himself, as good as Ronaldo.. I guess the same was said when Cantona retired and Roy Keane happily filled that role.. Somebody will come eventually, either from the academy or some big signing.. Already rumours are spreading that Antonia Valencia, Frank Ribery and David Silva will be joining MU.. The first is almost confirmed, the price tag on the second is totally ridicolous and the third, well, not much on him either.. How about other buys? MU could use another good, hard battling midfielder and possibly a lethal striker.. Benzema's name has been ringing bells and even Torres's name came up.. As for the midfielder, if Hagreaves can recover that's good news, if not, we need another Roy Keane and fast.. =p
Overall, I think MU will do just fine next season.. I'm positive the Gaffer will spend the cash wisely and also on good purchases, he won't be as dumb to blow it all up on one player.. As for the title challenge, I see Liverpool will come close next season, possibly be brushed off at the very end.. After all, last season was a thriller!!
Let's look at the sum.. Sepp Blatter recently said that it's good since it shows that the footballing world still has a market.. Well, we can remember that guy for saying that MU was treating Ronaldo as a slave and also his remark on woman's football.. Not to mention he was the one who said that large sum of cash is ridicolous when buying a player a few years back.. So thank you Blatter but I think you should just keep your trap shut and retire for good..
Any player at his prime will command a high transfer fee, remember Luis Figo in 2000 and then Zinedine Zidane in 2001?? One would have imagine such fees wouldn't be possible again, especially with last year's economy crunch.. Guess Real Madrid had plans of their own.. After spending £55 million on Kaka just a few days ago, they took the world by storm with the purchase of Ronaldo.. Not to mention their near purhcase of David Villa for nearly £40 million.. Come to think of it, I think they've been robbing a bank or something.. To fund so much transfer.. Guess that'll blow their transfer kitty for the next 5 years.. Was it worth it? I think not, Ronaldo is overated.. Like totally.. Sure he gives a great show and score spectacular goals, but he's so full of himself.. I echo Zidane's opinion, "Selling Ronaldo could be the best thing that happens to MU!!"
"Selling your best players doesn't make you a better club"; that was someone's saying.. True to some extend.. However not in most cases.. When MU sold Beckham in 2003, everyone was saying "There goes the team".. Same case when Van Nistelrooy was sold in 2006.. I think there's a trend going on in MU, 2009 Ronaldo is gone.. And where's MU today?? 3 consetutive times league champions, European champions 2008 and runners-up 2009 and the first English club to win the World Club Championships.. And the trophys will just keep pouring in.. MU still has Rooney, Carrick, Berbatov, hopefully Tevez and young uprising lads such as Macheda, Gibson, the Da Silva twins, Anderson, Nani (hopefully) just to name a few.. So yeah, losing Ronaldo could be a blow, but there's only one player you wouldn't be able to replace in MU, Sir Alex Ferguson.. That's right, the manager himself..
Will Ronaldo live up to his price tag? Probably so.. However, history has a habit of repeating itself and many big money moves have turn up flops.. Veron wasn't that good, Robinho is on and off at times, Shevchenko has a torrid time at Chelsea and a lot more examples.. Zidane even state that Ronaldo might be pressured into performing while Quieroz (Portugal manager) isn't too happy that Ronaldo jumped the ship.. Not to mention what happen if you put Kaka and Ronaldo together.. Remember Lampard and Gerrard in the 2006 World Cup? We all have to wait for next season and see for ourselves..
And to who will replace him? I have to agree here, it'll be quite hard to replace a player, thou cocky and full of himself, as good as Ronaldo.. I guess the same was said when Cantona retired and Roy Keane happily filled that role.. Somebody will come eventually, either from the academy or some big signing.. Already rumours are spreading that Antonia Valencia, Frank Ribery and David Silva will be joining MU.. The first is almost confirmed, the price tag on the second is totally ridicolous and the third, well, not much on him either.. How about other buys? MU could use another good, hard battling midfielder and possibly a lethal striker.. Benzema's name has been ringing bells and even Torres's name came up.. As for the midfielder, if Hagreaves can recover that's good news, if not, we need another Roy Keane and fast.. =p
Overall, I think MU will do just fine next season.. I'm positive the Gaffer will spend the cash wisely and also on good purchases, he won't be as dumb to blow it all up on one player.. As for the title challenge, I see Liverpool will come close next season, possibly be brushed off at the very end.. After all, last season was a thriller!!
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