The transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo has led to few positive sounds at the table of Rondo. Guest in the program of Ziggo the analysts present are critical of the transfer of the Portuguese, who is leaving Juventus for a return to Manchester United. The analysts do not expect Ronaldo to be of added value to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team, as the ‘Juventus project’ was also ‘a failure’ according to the table gentlemen.
“It’s great sentimentally and it’s great for social media, but from a sporting point of view I have my doubts,” Sjoerd Mossou begins when asked about Ronaldo’s transfer. “Just look at his time at Juventus. He has good stats himself, but it’s not that the club or the team has gotten any better. The project simply failed. They went for Champions League win, but each time they went out in the quarter-finals. I think it cost 240 million euros in total, and it just wasn’t worth it. Then you can sell as many shirts as you want, but yes…”, the journalist concludes.
“I understand what you’re saying,” Ruud Gullit adds. “Obviously he’s not the youngest anymore, and now he plays a completely different role than he did at Manchester United. He asks the same as Lionel Messi actually: the balls all have to go to him. I do not know; I have yet to see it with him. When you come back to a club, it is always questionable whether you can bring the same,” said the analyst, who does expect that the Portuguese can contribute to the success of the club “in terms of example”. the Red Devils.
Youri Mulder expects Pep Guardiola to be happy that Ronaldo’s transfer to Manchester City faltered. “He is a trainer who wants to chase things up the front and put pressure. We do know that Ronaldo no longer does that: he walks,” says Mulder, who is supported by Aad de Mos. “In the big games he doesn’t switch at all. That switch is going to cause real problems, because I have also seen that at Juventus. He always stays standing and the elimination of a team just starts with him,” the analyst suggests.
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