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Real Madrid back again for Ronaldo
Told you it wasn’t the end of Ronaldo saga and guess what. Real Madrid is back again to try for Ronaldo AGAIN!!!.
Bernd Schuster has revealed that Real Madrid will try again to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.
Ronaldo was heavily linked with a move to the Bernabeu this summer, but due to Man UTD’s unwillingness to let him go, it all failed.
However, Schuster hopes that by next summer (Looks like Schuster still hasn’t learnt his lesson of not speaking about other club’s players in the media directly), Ronaldo would be a Real Madrid player:
“We must do everything possible as it would be worth it to have this player,” Schuster told Spanish newspaper Marca.
“I think this year it will be a little complicated for his club to hang on to him.“
Real Madrid made just one official offer. They offered Man UTD 80m euros for their winger, but Schuster says that they will lower their bid this time:
“There is no other solution other than to make a large bid as they’ll not let him go on the cheap,” he said. “Next year the price could be a little lower.”
80 million euros is a lot of money and I think a player of Ronaldo’s quality does not deserve this. Hell apart from Messi, I don’t think any player deserves this kind of money. But the fact is , Ronaldo’s reputation has gone sky rocket. Now it goes like this. Even when he is not playing well in a match, such is his reputation that defenders are scared of him for no apparent reason other than watching him in training videos with all those quick tricks.
Once, your reputation builds in football, it takes a long time to loose it. Defenders give too much respect to Ronaldo because of all his media hype about his perfect game, which I think is 80 percent dependant on speed and if one keeps his cool against him, his effectiveness can be reduced significantly as many players have proved in the past, Gattuso in Champions League and Clichy of Arsenal, in EPL.
Both above mentioned players, didn’t give a damn to his reputation and just sticked to what they were taught in training and Ronaldo always gets a rough ride from both of these players.
With that said, I think Spanish Defenders are even more scared of Ronaldo than any other League defenders. It’s just natural here in Spain.
So I think Real Madrid should go for Ronaldo for 80 million, I think he is worth it. He would repay that amount within weeks with all the media attention, sponsor contracts, image rights and merchandise sales.
Plus, now that we don’t have Robinho, I think it is a good time as any to sign a winger who can create things and do more stuff on the pitch.
Had Inter Milan not signed Quaresma, I would have said that Real Madrid should go for Quaresma plus Benzema instead of Ronaldo for 80 million euros.
Real will also face competition from Manchester City who were taking over by Abu Dhabi – a lot of money – United group.
They think that by signing Robinho they could bring anyone. They’ve got to understand that there are other things other than money which attract players – that is history and prestige.
Why would Ronaldo leave Man United for Man City, that is a crazy idea even in writing? Why would Buffon leave Juventus for Man City? or Why would Kaka leave Milan for Man City? The reason Robinho signed for them is because he desperately wanted to leave Real Madrid because of his situation and yeah, money was a factor too.
No one else would trade Real Madrid for Man City – no matter what.
Some people say things like “Real Madrid shouldn’t destabilize the football market with such a huge signing”, I beg to differ as I think, any club that has money doesn’t give a damn to what will happen to the market. Bottom Line, Real Madrid have the money to do it, so I say Real Madrid should do it.
Real Madrid did sign Zidane for a huge amount from Juventus a few years back, that didn’t do any harm to the transfer market and even if it did, why the hell should Real Madrid care. Real Madrid won trophies after the arrival of Zidane and I think, for most of us, that’s the only thing that counts.
Ronaldo will not come at a cheap price, his market value will remain close to 70 or 80 million euros because of his market value, fan following and his reputation among other players.
Departure of Robinho has seen Real Madrid loose that sting in attack, with no player having enough about him to caus havoc on his own, Van Nistelrooy has the finish but little one to one skills, Robben has one to one skills but doesn’t have the finish or a football mind.
With the arrival of Ronaldo, I think it will add some real pace to our attacking line up. I think fans will support every move which Real Madrid would construct with Ronaldo and as we all know, that can have a huge impact in the outcome of certain games.
Ronaldo’s arrival would alarm all the teams of La Liga. Defender’s will mark him tightly which will leave spaces open for players like Van der Vaart and Sneijder who can really hurt you if given space and time.
These are just some of the benefits of signing Ronaldo. I wasn’t in favour of it when it originally came out in the media. I still don’t, if I look at Ronaldo’s football skills and his potential, but the fact is, media has given him so much hype and attention that now, he is getting more respect, way more respect than his skills deserve.
We all know, mentality is half the battle in sports. Ronaldo has won that battle because of his image, that’s the reason I would go for him. Plus Real Madrid do need a winger and there aren’t too many good players left which are willing to leave their clubs for Real Madrid as all have already joined big European clubs in the summer market.
What do you think?
Hala Madrid!
