DONE DEALIO: Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus

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vanDEEZ wrote:Lmao, doubtful. I'd bet my house he ends up in China or the MLS before he calls it quits.

I have seen some of his recent interviews and Cristiano says he wants to finish his career at the top level , not at China, Dubai or USA. This is his own words. I'll try to find that on YT.

if that were true he wouldn't have moved to Serie A

Guanzhong Warehouse XI > Pescara, Saussuolo etc

Firenze wrote:

S wrote:

vanDEEZ wrote:Lmao, doubtful. I'd bet my house he ends up in China or the MLS before he calls it quits.

I have seen some of his recent interviews and Cristiano says he wants to finish his career at the top level , not at China, Dubai or USA. This is his own words. I'll try to find that on YT.

if that were true he wouldn't have moved to Serie A

Guanzhong Warehouse XI > Pescara, Saussuolo etc

Your talisman Alexis managed 12 goals in his best Serie A season

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Hapless_Hans wrote:

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It's both for sporting and marketing reasons. Stop hating. He's still the best player in the world.

He's never been the best player in the world, never mind 'still'

What do you hope to accomplish? Win the Champions League? I don't think you've come closer.

Not going to respond seriously to the 2nd part but I'll just leave this here :



Feels good to have become a Kommander fanboy like Giggity  better late than never I guess

tbh i'm happy for you guys. i've always been a fan due to his incredible work ethic and hard work. he'll be a positive influence outside the pitch as well

sadly we will regret this, because this transfer window i'm not sure we'll be able to get an adequate replacement. praying for bale to stay fit right now

FennecFox7 wrote:praying for bale to stay fit right now

Even if he managed, by some miracle, to stay fit for a lengthy period of time, he's no Cristiano.

He won't bring you 50 goals a season nor will he ever be as clutch as Ronaldo on and off the pitch

Honestly, I don't know what Florentino's plan is now that he let go of Ronaldo. If he thinks he'll be able to replace that goal machine, he's sadly mistaken. And if he thinks that no replacement is required and that Benzema and Bale will suffice, then god help us all.

Cristiano Ronaldo goals that every Real Madrid fan will certainly remember. Thanks for all the memories @Cristiano! pic.twitter.com/X2sWWsITT6

— Madridista Haven¹³ (@MadridistaHaven) July 10, 2018

This video. Wow.

Absurdly good player, some of the goals he scored in his prime were ridiculous. All this hype about Neymar, or Mbappe. They wont even cme close to this guy, he was stupidly good.

My god that shooting technique lol, only Lord Bayol comes close. It's funny when we talk about Basketball we talk about how good a shooter someone is, his form and everything. Not so much in football. It's too bad because certain players have ridiculous shooting technique. For example, i dont know if i have seen a CF in recent time consistently hit the ball with more power than Batigol recently

More so we now have someone who scores headers, now we can use crosses in last resort when our pass build-up doesn't work. Only Mandzukic could do that before, it's one of Higuain's main flaws.

Bernardeschi, Sandro and Cuadrado are good at crossing, Douglas not so much, but overall it adds variety to our attack.

Can't see the video btw

Douglas is our best crosser @warrior

I've seen him good at vertical long balls but his crosses to Higuain/Mandzukic were often too high.

Except last weeks of the season where Douglas was close to perfection in every aspect of his game.

I'd have to disagree about Douglas, he's our most potent assist maker, but I agree with your overall message.

Higuain is useless in the air, in an odd way because of his size (not a fat joke). Instead of making near or far post runs for headers when our wingers are in crossing position, he is normally closer to the edge of the box/penalty spot looking for a cut back.

Really, I just want to see how the attack even lines up now. I still expect Higuain to be sold, Ronaldo-Higuain-X leaves out far too many of our forwards

Champions League is coming home

520k CR7 shirts sold within 24 hours of going to sale:

https://it.notizie.yahoo.com/ronaldo-un-giorno-vendute-520-mila-maglie-094159968.html

According to the Swiss Rambler, clubs make about 12 euros per shirt sold, so this would mean that JJ has just made a cool 6.2 million off this. CR starting to prove his commercial worth to JJ.

Our deal is apparently structured differently Adidas which allows us to retain a higher percentage of merchandising sales

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According to Corriere dello Sport, Juventus will receive a nominal percentage of Juve jerseys sold in Adidas stores around the world, but the club will receive the entire amount for anything they sell online & from their 4 Juve Stores in Italy (3 in Turin & 1 in Milan). pic.twitter.com/lFIv7rUUFc

— Tarek Khatib (@ADP1113) July 14, 2018

There is a Juve store in Milan

Warrior wrote:There is a Juve store in Milan

Not particularly surprising really. I wouldn't even be further surprised if the store actually breaks even. Now if you tell me there is a successful Juve store in Naples then I would probably call you a liar.

I think we earn as much as 40% per shirt in our official stores in Turin and Milano as well as from our sales in Juve online store.
The deal was made because we accepted a lower yearly payment from Adidas just to have a higher percentage from our own stores sales.

#RONALDO IS HERE #JUVENTUS!#CR7JUVE #RonaldoDay #CristianoRonaldo

via @LoreBetto pic.twitter.com/loqVutvrXM

— CalcioMercato (En) (@CmdotCom_En) July 16, 2018

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Warrior wrote:There is a Juve store in Milan

Not particularly surprising really. I wouldn't even be further surprised if the store actually breaks even. Now if you tell me there is a successful Juve store in Naples then I would probably call you a liar.

Maybe not Napoli directly but there is a lot of support for Juventus from Southern Italy. It’s how my family, and myself came to support Juventus. Torino is but a city of 900k people

Lots of Juventus/Inter/Milan fans from all over Italy. @robes can correct me and educate us further

Am I reading this right, why are Fiat workers going on strike because of Cristiano?

Vibe wrote:Am I reading this right, why are Fiat workers going on strike because of Cristiano?

It's a farce

https://www.football-italia.net/124566/fiat-ronaldo-strike-complete-flop

5 people protested

4 Inter fans/1 Napoli fan. It's a hard life.

But why...

Vibe wrote:But why...

From my understanding and mind you I have purposely not followed this very closely, the workers want a raise to reflect the company's investment into the purchase and wages of Cristiano Ronaldo

Champions Rise. Forza @Cristiano! https://t.co/3aodp7OXDM #FIFA19 #CR7DAY #CR7JUVE pic.twitter.com/OKyteT7fLn

— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) July 16, 2018

Luca wrote:

Doc wrote:

Warrior wrote:There is a Juve store in Milan

Not particularly surprising really. I wouldn't even be further surprised if the store actually breaks even. Now if you tell me there is a successful Juve store in Naples then I would probably call you a liar.

Maybe not Napoli directly but there is a lot of support for Juventus from Southern Italy. It’s how my family, and myself came to support Juventus. Torino is but a city of 900k people

Lots of Juventus/Inter/Milan fans from all over Italy. @robes can correct me and educate us further

True about South ( in fact there is the banter " Juve in trasferta Calabria deserta  __ translated : Juve to play away , Calabria is desertum) , but Juve is massively supported everywhere, easily the most supported team in Italy. Then Inter fans and 3rd Milan ( Inter and Milan are very close though. These 3 monopolize the fanbase )
Of course in Milan there are more easily more  Inter and Milan fans  (but don't ask me who more between Inter and Milan, it's really balanced) but Juve fans are in a good number.
Especially outside Milano.
In fact Lombardia is the Italian region with the most number of Juventus clubs. That's also for a  a contraposition against Milano. For example Brianza, a relevant administrative province of Lombardy, has a Juventina majority of the people . Galliani is Brianzolo and he supported Juve before of joining in Milan ). So it is not strange if Milano has a Juve store.