First of all, surely there is more benefit of keeping him. He is the worlds best player and then footballing aside, Madrid estimate he will be worth half a billion quid for them. They surely wont pay us that.ManUtd19 said:
Secondly, Ronaldo has said, from his mouth (as you care to put it) that he will stay at the club. "I stay", in his great English. He has at no point said he wishes to be at Madrid next season, just that he cant promise on his future and he wants to play for Madrid one day.
Thirdly, a huge transfer kitty might not be so good. Benzema has pledged commitment to Lyon which is commendable and added to that he has only shone in the French League. Not enough for me. Malouda shone in the French league and frankly he is rubbish.
Milan have come out and said Kaka is not for sale and that he will stay at Milan for the entirety of his career. Now while that is a bold statement, it shows that we will not be getting him without a fight.
Ramos, I assume you would have him on the right. He prefers to play at centre back, a position we cannot accomodate him for and is a reluctant right back. If you watched the Spain game yesterday, he was hideously at fault for the goal they conceded. While I have not seen much of him, admittedly, and have heard good things, such fundamental errors have no place at Utd.
My point is, you are too quick to condemn a player that has done wel for us, and more importantly has adapted to the team and to the league. We all know that rashly bringing in a large number of players can upset the balance for one, and they might just not play well, be it because they arent as good as we think or because they cant adapt to the league.
And you shouldnt be so quick to speak against someone that has a difference of opinion to you. Thats the whole point of a forum.
We are building a side, a side that is still growing despite winning all there is to win. We would do well to add to that side without taking anything important away. Ronaldo has huge end product, and that benefits our other gems like Rooney, who benefits from less pressure to score goals. Finding someone to replace the end product that Ronaldo provides, 40 goals and God knows how many assists, will be no easy feat.
For me, a side minus Ronaldo and plus Kaka, Benzema and Ramos will be weaker. The balance will have gone, we'll have Ramos out of position and we wont be able to accomodate Kaka and Benzema in our side.
