Why Ronaldo to Manchester United shouldn’t happen

Cristiano Ronaldo
with United 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo - this is a name that most Man United fans - including me - remember with fondness. During his six year year spell at United, he endeared himself to the United supporters to such an extent, that we still sing songs about him 3 years after his departure.

            This is something that he hasn't managed to achieve at the Spanish Capital. There are certain sections of fans at the Santiago Bernabeu who had been vocally displaying their displeasure at his performances. This was after he scored a phenomenal 185 goals in 183 games in all competitions for the Madrid side. Reports claim that, Madrid have failed to offer him a new contract that fulfils his demands.

On this basis, the media has gone a step ahead and suggested that a £55m move to United could be on the cards. And I think, that this shouldn’t happen. Here’s why:

Ronaldo on his Madrid presentation

TRANSFER FEE

            When Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2009, it was for a world record fee of £80 million.
Ronaldo's performances haven't dropped since moving from Man United, in fact he has improved. There are no question that Madrid, if they agree to let him leave, will want to get as much money as they can get for him.

            As the media reports suggest, this fee will most definitely lie in excess of £55-60m. Manchester United do not have such a large amount of money to spend, and certainly not on a single player. To fund such a transfer, United will be forced to sell multiple of their star players possibly including Rooney (who has been linked with a summer £40m move to PSG), Nani, De Gea or Young.

            Such a scenario will destabilise the whole squad and hence, isn’t plausible.

ABUNDANCE OF PERSONNEL

            The current Man United team has a sense of balance and are working great as a unit. There is no shortage of players either on the wings or upfront, with Young, Valencia, Nani, Rooney, RvP, Chicharito, Welbeck and numerous other quality players in the United squad.

Valencia; United's current no7

            Apart from them, we’ve got a great batch of youngsters coming through. Upfront, we’ve got youngsters like Macheda, King, Cofie, W.Keane and on the wings players like Januzaj, Lingard, Giverin and Zaha will be vital for us in years to come. Getting Ronaldo back will only stall the progress of these youngsters.

            With all the first teamers and youngsters we’ve got, if Sir Alex was looking for reinforcements, these would probably be the last positions he'd think of.


 NO SHORTAGE OF GOALS

van Persie is now United's
main goal poacher

            Well as we are seeing at the moment, the current United squad has been scoring plenty of goals, with players like van Persie and Rooney leading from the front. We’re the top scorers in the league and haven’t had many problems scoring goals. In such a scenario it doesn’t make much sense in adding another player for our attacking side of the game. This money would be better invested elsewhere considering the immense investment involved.

            This, especially seeing that Ronaldo is already 28. It wouldn’t make sense in investing such a sum on a player who will not have any resale value.

These are the factors on which I’ve based my thoughts on this topic. You might have your thoughts on the topic. Feel free to share them in the comments below or on twitter. [@DjK_MUFC: https://twitter.com/DjK_MUFC]

Thanks a lot for the reads! 

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