Comments on: No more signings at Manchester United as Ronaldo money goes to accoutants

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:39:26 +0000

Feeling defensive Ruud?? Whatever you say everyone will be gunning for Real this season. They’re the most despised club on the planet now!

By: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:16:11 +0000

You just cannot demand an exorbitant sum for a single player and then turn around and criticize the inflated prices of players. If Man U had sold Ronaldo for 50-60 mil, then the other clubs that have sold to Real also would not have demanded such prices, and price inflation this summer would not be nearly as much of an issue as SAF is making it out to be. And FYI Real Madrid will be able to support this spending spree with revenue, or else they would not have bought so many players.

By: ABDUL Z ATTAHIR

ABDUL Z ATTAHIR — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:23:19 +0000

IF SIR ALEX REFUSE TO USE THIS OPPOTUNITY TO SIGN A GOOD STRIKER AS ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVICH AM NOT SURE EVERYTHING WILL BE AS USUAL

By: Soccer guy

Soccer guy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:38:10 +0000

… Im a liverpool fan … Bt 2 comment on al that has been said over the yearz prices do go up 4 cars , food n nw soccer players bt 80mil is alota money 4 1 guy …. N uniteds team has lost alot …. N its gona be a great challenge 4 them 2 win any silverwear this season expecialy wit no real gud playmaker … N as for owen his time is up , his injury prone n slow he wnt b able to keep up wit rooney or valencia or park ji or any other foward or winger …. Man u is in need of a gud playmaker

By: zaeidos

zaeidos — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:12:56 +0000

well 1st of all i’m a chelsea fan.but i really wanna see mu beat real at the ucl with owen(no7) scoring ^^

lalala…

By: Rumpole

Rumpole — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:34:15 +0000

This all seems to be a very smart play to me. (OK I’m a United fan so will confess to being somewhat predisposed to viewing Sir Alex’s transfer dealings in a positive way). When you are managing anything; business, charity, football club, it’s never a good idea to overpay for something. You just can’t win by overpaying all the time. Much better to bide your time and build around this problem – bring in cost effective players and develop existing ones into new roles/responsibilities until the market changes. This is a risk – you can’t deny that. But it’s also a risk to spend £50m on some untried, overrated twenty something. So a risk either way, but the main difference being that with SAF’s approach you still have the fifty big ones to change your tack, most likely at a time when any selling club owner has forgotten about Ronaldo the record breaker. As for being a hypocrite, well come on, it is obscene that they (RM) can spend the kind of money that they do when they can’t finance it out of revenue, but since SAF can’t change it he better profit from it if he wants Man Utd to stay at the top level over the next few seasons.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:18:34 +0000

I’m afraid ManU won’t be able to win anything next season

By: wardy

wardy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:22:32 +0000

Personally I think that when a player with cristianos caliber goes u need 2 replace him with some1 in that league and valencia is useless as tits on a bull, owen was an awesome player but its going 2 take something just short of a miracle for hum 2 come back and play like he did for liverpool. Im a man u fan through and through but this year I have a few doubts……..SAF prove me wrong

By: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:24:09 +0000

The point is that the price inflation about which he complains is a direct result of Ronaldo’s record-breaking transfer fee which was to his profit. Sure, the other transfers have impacted the market but the player he sold is the one who is most responsible for distorting prices.

By: PG_United

PG_United — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:29:40 +0000

i think i need to review your opinion of Sir Alex then… let me make it clear that the ronaldo deal was reportedly finalized b4 the season ended. And the 80 mil Real paid for him is quite worth it. coz if ur selling a player like Cristiano Ronaldo, u would have to be really stupid manager to sell him for less than 75 mil atleast.
secondly… SAF blasted Real’s “spending spree”, not the price they paid for ronaldo.. He was referring to the combined price theyve paid for jus 4 players (€221m),{YET}… without any guarantee of its total recovery by selling its Dutch regiment… price inflation as u say, is the fault of any club with either big ambitions or big players.