There are more cracked badges than there are cracked transfer codes when it comes to Cristiano Ronaldo and his Manchester United future.
The exiles
‘CRISTIANO RONALDO is the last piece in the jigsaw’ – Neil Custis, The Sun, September 11, when it was ‘game on for a United side up against the title winners of the last two years, Manchester City and Liverpool, and the European champions, Chelsea, in a four-horse race for the title.’
‘CRISTIANO RONALDO is in danger of entering football exile’ – Neil Custis, The Sun, July 29, when ‘the 37-year-old’s continued presence while wanting to move elsewhere can only drag people down.’
That is some fall over the course of 322 days. No-one Everyone could have seen it coming.
Bullshirt
The future of Cristiano Ronaldo is all the rage and the Daily Mirror website has its finger on the pulse:
‘Cristiano Ronaldo handed unexpected transfer boost as fresh option emerges’
Finally. The bloke could do with some good news. So which poor sap has decided that it’s worth stumping up half a million quid a week for some goals and a whole load of drama? What is this ‘unexpected’ and ‘fresh option’?
‘An option may have just become available to him with Atletico Madrid – despite the club’s president Enrique Cerezo previously labelling a move for the five-time Ballon d’Or winner as “practically impossible”.’
That doesn’t sound like the option of Atletico Madrid ‘may have just become available to him’. Rather the opposite.
‘But Atletico Madrid may just change their tune on Ronaldo following a report in Confidencial Digital that they’ve sold the fewest amount of shirts this summer in their history.’
Yes. Atletico Madrid will shatter their wage structure and financially cripple themselves to sell a few more replica shirts. Got to capitalise on that overwhelming fan excitement.
‘A club source told the publication that “sales have fallen by 40 per cent compared to last year’s data” as inflation increases across Europe and fans continue to feel the financial strain of supporting their team.’
But the chance to get ‘RONALDO 7 ‘on the back of a shirt will solve all that.
‘While Ronaldo is not an obvious answer to this problem for Atletico, the Portugual international helps generate an incredible amount of revenue for whichever club he represents.’
He also costs a couple of quid. ‘Not an obvious answer’ is a slight understatement when you’re proposing a…
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