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I think he will. He's one of those that just won't retire, until he reaches the 1000. We all know he's playing for 2 more years. Let's say its the end of 2026/27 season and he's like a few goals away to get 1000. He's one of those that would just play that extra season, just to get the 1000. He's got a little over 60 left. About 30 odd per season, that includes international break. He's surely going to do it. It's just, if he doesn't 2 years later, he'd push himself for one more season, just to do it. I really want him to play at sporting. He'd get to play champions league football again. He never really won anything at sporting, when he was there. So this would be a great opportunity to create a legacy there. I wouldn't want him to stay in Saudi for another year. By the end of next season, his son would have turned 16 and does he really want to make his debut in Saudi? I doubt it. I've seen him play, he's a year away from making his debut. If he makes his debut next season towards the end, he'd be same age as Yamal when he made his debut or even Nwaneri for Arsenal. So I'm thinking about that as well. What I do know is he did promise his mum that he'd play for sporting again, before he retires. Whether that's for one season or two, I'm not sure. But I hope he completes the promise. One season at sporting isn't enough. I definitely think he needs a couple of seasons. But he'd need to take a pay cut and we'll have to see if he's willing to. With how rich he is and how much he's made in Saudi, it's logical to take a pay cut for a year or two
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I would like to apologise in advance for the novel I am about to type. An old habit that won't seem to go away. But here goes
What makes no sense to me is, why didn't Man United do this in the summer? Why now? They admitted to trying to find someone, but no one was available, so they kept ten Hag and gave him money to spend on players that the next manager may not want (apart from Yoro I'm sure) so why now and why not in the summer?
Even Liverpool were going for him in the summer, but it didn't happen for some reason. So why are Sporting or Ruben OK with it now? And not when the likes of Liverpool were trying to get him in the summer? It makes no sense. Ten Hag should never have been given the extra time, if he wasn't going to be continued to get the backing for more games.
The timing is similar to when Rodgers was sacked by Liverpool and they brought in Klopp. Jamie Carragher even said, why not and why not in the summer. Ended up working for the best for them. Klopp even took them to a Europa League final, later that same season. So I'm not sure what the thinking was
I would have genuinely, preferred Ruud to be given until either the end of the year or the end of the season. That would benefit both Ruud and Ruben. If you think about it, it's a win win for both of them. Ruud would get to gain more experience, managing in the Premier League and also the Europa League. Gaining experience in managing a huge club and he'd have learned a lot. No matter how well it is going, they still shouldn't offer Ruud the job. As it would be like Olé all over again and Olé was way more experienced and was a league title winner in Norway
For Ruben, this would have benefitted him, because he would manage the team he spent a few years, slowly building. A team that finally understands his philosophy. He would have maybe successfully defended his league title. 3 in 5 years would have looked good on his CV. He would have expanded his experience and knowledge in the champions league too. He's definitely managing Sporting against City, but I'd have liked to see him manage Sporting against Arsenal too. I would have liked to see how far he can take Sporting and if he can win a domestic cup along the way too.
It just makes more sense to have Ruben agree a deal now, but to join at the end of the season. He'd have a proper pre season and a 2 month transfer window, to bring in, who he wants or needs and offload the ones he doesn't think are good enough or would not understand his philosophy. He'd be watching Man United from Lisbon and even flying to Manchester, every now and then and maybe even fly to the away Europa League games, shortly after his ucl tie and from there, he'd watch the players and decide who he should keep and who he should sell. Would have worked out great for both of them. Win win situation.
Sadly, that is not happening and Ruuds last game will be Leicester at home again. All four of the games he'll manage, will be at home. But I'm glad we get to see Ruben manage Sporting against City at home. That would be like an idea of what the club are expected to get. Like an interview or audition. But sadly, the club always get good managers, that don't work out in the end. It always seems great and they always seem like the right one, up until they join. Like Gary Neville said, the club is a graveyard for both players and managers. They've made great managers look bad and also great or promising players look bad. The career the young lads would have had, if they didn't join Man United would have been way better
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People talking about how he can break Shearers record, if he sees out his contract. Shearers real number is 283, not 260. As football existed before 1992, and the actual record is 357 goals by Jimmy Greaves. Which he should be able to get. So he'll be looking at that 357 number and try to surpass that. For him to actually surpass that, he'd have to be scoring 30 goals on average for the rest of his contract. If he wants to take it to the next level, then he can target Ronaldo and Messi 495/496 record and try to get 500 and set an unbreakable record
But I still want him to take the advice he took from Henry, after the ucl final. He asked him for advice and he advised him to work on his right foot. If he can score more goals with his weaker foot, inside and outside the box. That would take his game to the next step. To take it to another level, he needs to work on his dribbling and actually be the 11th man on the pitch, when they don't have the ball. Get involved in the play more. More centre forward play basically. So weaker foot improvements, long range shooting improvements, better link up play and getting more involved with the game, when the team doesn't have the ball. He is also yet to score a free kick. So he should start working on that too. It'll be crazy to see what the numbers will be if he is at city until at least 2034. My impossible challenge target for him is to get as close to Messi and Ronaldos 495/496 number in league goals only. Ronaldo has 500, if you count sporting. So let's see if he can get 500 for city by the end of 2034. If he rediscovers his early season form, then he can get close
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I do hope Alonso stays at Leverkusen for at least one more year. Although, I think he should stay there for longer and see how far he can take them. Experience, managing in the champions league as well. Naglesmann should take the Liverpool job and I think he'd do a decent job. However long he lasts, after him it should be Alonso. Right now, the job is coming too soon for Alonso. I still want him to stay at Leverkusen for as long as he can. I want to see, how far he can take this team. It would be a shame, if it all came to an end, without us knowing the teams full potential under Alonso. So I really hope he stays.
Tuchel on the other hand, I've never rated as a manager. Incredibly overrated. Only reason Bayern won the title last season was because of Naglesmann and also Dortmund bottling it. Had Tuchel took over a few weeks earlier, then Bayern would have lost the title by the end of April. Yes, he won the champions league. But, that was a fluke. He did it against a manager that was probably under the African curse, that wasn't lifted until last season. Once it was lifted, everyone knew Pep is winning the champions league. But, Tuchel also failed to beat Leicester for the FA cup. At least Di Matteo won the double. He beat a tougher opponent in both finals as well
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If I was Salah, I'd accept what ever Liverpool are offering. If he wants more money, he knows that he'll get it in the future. When he leaves. He can stay for about 2 more years at least and then in 2027, when he's 35, if he wants to stay even longer then good for him, if not, then he could join a middle eastern club. They offer silly money to even footballers in their late 30s. But I know that he has at least 5 years left in the Premier League. He keeps himself fit and he can keep going for another 5-6 years and then maybe leave in 2030 as a 38 year old. He'd still get into a team in the middle east under a 2 year contract and the money he would make in those 2 years, could possibly be more than what he made in his entire career. Or maybe his entire Liverpool career. He'd still be able to offer so much in his late 30s. He'd be a fool to leave in the summer, just because of not getting paid enough. You are still playing your best football and to leave when you still have plenty to offer would be foolish. If he was to join another top European club, then that's fine. But he's too good for the middle east as of right now and middle Eastern clubs are stupid. They'd pay half a million, upto a million a week for players that are even in their late 30s anyway. So he should chill out
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@AlexOjideagu2 I'm not very confident, but let's say they do beat them. They'll face spurs. As poor spurs are, I would not be surprised if they win the final. Ange is ridiculously confident that he will win a trophy this season. He's basically guaranteeing it. He's putting full focus in the Europa. So are Man United, but Man United haven't beaten spurs in 3 years. They've been losing for fun against them. Spurs already knocked them out of one cup competition. They can do it again. They've beaten Man United 3/3 times this season. So as big of a joke spurs are. I would put a lot of money on spurs winning the Europa League, if its Man United vs Spurs. If its Bilbao vs spurs, then I'm more confident in Bilbao beating spurs. Bilbao ain't Sociedad. The only teams ahead of Bilbao are the top three teams in Spain. Fourth spot is the hardest spot for the other 17 Spanish clubs to get. Madrid vs Bilbao tonight. Let's see, how Bilbao do, leading up to the home first leg. Something to note is that Bilbao will have 8 days to prepare for the first leg. Whereas Man United have half that. Sure, match rhythm is important. But so is fitness. I was hoping Lazio win and face spurs. As this Norwegian team, I'm not expecting to do anything against spurs. But, I hope they surprise me
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@kevinconway2965 no, I don't need a lie down. OK they got third, but a couple of weeks before the end of the season, there was a possibility of them missing out all together. So they just about got champions league qualification. The position doesn't matter. This season, will be the same. They'll sneak in just like last season. Last season no one thought they'd get top four and they did, this season in the beginning, everyone have them in their top four and they've been way worse than last season. Manchester United only scrape victories with their best available players. One or two injuries and they collapse. Shaw got injured and if its serious, they'll probably drop more points in their next 2-3 games. I mean, they're definitely dropping points against city and that will ruin their momentum. That's the problem with Manchester United. No consistency and they're not blowing teams away. They're scraping victories against newly promoted teams
They have a lot more work to do. Signing Dan Ashworth will be a step in the right direction. They might finally not get ripped off with signings. But ten Hag not implementing a style of play, when other managers have done it in less time is shocking. But I think those managers wouldn't implement a proper style of play either. Right now I stand by my statement. I think they'd either sneak in, if their players stay fit, be well away that they'll end up finishing in a Europa League spot or even conference league. I won't be fooled by this short run of form. They aren't winning by a larger goal margins on a consistent basis. They're scraping victories
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Even though this is similar to what went on with ten Hag, I hope there's differences in tactics. Positive things were said about ten Hag. Everyone thought he was the right man and it didn't work out. Ruud talked about always wanting attacking football, so I'd trust him more than Olé and that's part of the reason why I want him as interim manager until the end of the season. The experience he'd gain would be massive for him. He would then move on and try to manage another club, preferably a club in the top five leagues of Europe and I'd be fine with him managing a club in the championship and bringing that team into the Premier League and then staying in the Premier League would be a huge positive
Ten Hag tried to bring his own players in. Players that would have suited his system and it didn't work out. So I hope that changes with Ruben. There needs to be more changes upstairs. Better coaches on the training pitch as well. I even think there needs to be a change in their diet. Klopp brought in a new chef from his time in Germany I think and that also made a huge difference. They also increased the intensity of their training.
I hope this opens the door to the youngsters in the team that aren't getting a chance at the moment. Like Amass and Wheatley. We will surely see Chido Obi-Martin. He's already doing great things in the youth team. He's ready to step up and he'll be turning 17 in less than a month too. Amir Ibragimov is a young 16 year old talent that I want to see be given game time too.
There's left back problems and yet, Amass has not been given a chance yet. Hopefully one of the remaining three games that Ruud has, we see more youngsters play. He only brought on Wheatley. But with the score at 5-2 and less than half an hour to go. That would have been the perfect chance to bring in the likes of Amass, Fletcher and Fitzgerald. Three youngsters that would have remembered that forever. But I'm glad Wheatley came on. Hopefully we see the other three get a chance during the next three games, but I'm not sure they will
I wanted to ask the question to you guys about who you think should definitely be sold in the summer and who you would want to see be brought in?
Antony and Maguire definitely need to go, but I don't think Antony is going anywhere, because of what he cost. It's just the same thing that happened with Maguire, except at least Maguire tries and at least he started off well. It only went downhill for him, when he got the extra responsibility, by accepting the captaincy. That was not only the clubs mistake, but his own fault for not rejecting and saying that there are others that are way ahead of me that you should consider. But those two names are at the top of my list to be sold immediately in the summer or even January. There's a chance that Rashford will be gone too, in the summer, but I'd be fine if he stays. The new manager might get something different out of him. He did brilliant during ten Hags first season. Maybe would have done even better if Ronaldo had left that summer. I'd loan out Bayindir and bring in another goalkeeper that would actually challenge Onana. Davies as the left wing back option seems perfect. Not happening but Cole Palmer on the right wing, considering the fact that he grew up a Manchester United fan. I'm not sure if they'd sign another striker as I don't think Zirkzee would suit Ruben. But we'll see
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I don't think Pep is unsackable. Sooner or later, if this was to keep going on, the owners would shock the Premier League and sack Pep. It's like when Poch got sacked. Everyone was shocked. Same with Ranieri. He won Leicester the league and gets sacked. No one is unsackable anymore. Not even Pep. He's not going to get sacked. But if this kept on going, where city have just naturally become a midtable club, then there's no way that city just say "he's Pep. He's never getting sacked" I don't believe he ever will get sacked, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did, if these results kept going on.
But I belive by February, Man City will go back to who they are and they'll probably scrape a top 4 finish. Top 5 if fifth place becomes a ucl spot, depending on Premier Leagues success in Europe. Which by the looks of it, is going great. Liverpool Arsenal and Villa are set to go through. City may go through. Spurs and United should go through and Chelsea have already gone through in their competition. If most of those teams make it past the quarter finals, then I'm sure the fifth spot is a ucl spot for the Premier League and city will get that fifth spot
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@CounterSpice sorry but no, PSG are still in the champions league, Ronaldo current team Manchester United are not. If he goes sporting, they will probably miss out on it too the following season. No one wants him, that's why he hasn't found a title winning ready made club yet like Bayern PSG Real, all rejecting him. Even though I want him to score goals all the time and win, he is no where near the goat. He's better than Messi at a few things but running the game, making a difference in a good way is not one of them. Messi is a playmaker, Ronaldo isn't. Ronaldo is only known for his goals, take that away and he's an average player, take Messi goals away, he's still one of the best. You hate it but it's facts. You can say but he did nothing in the farmers league all you want, he is the real goat
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@CounterSpice couldn't care less. He could never score a goal ever again, he'd still be the goat. Look at Maradona. Millions regard him as the goat in the 80s some still now, he wasn't really that good in his mid to late 30s was he. Neither was Ronaldo Nazario but they get huge credit for what they did. Why hate on Messi for being so good all these years and now just because he isn't scoring, getting hate? I said ten years ago, he could stop scoring goals, I'd still rate him higher than Ronaldo. Technically even now, Messi minutes per goal ratio is still higher than Ronaldos but goals aren't everything and even without his goals, he's still in the team, scored 6 in the champions league, people forget that. He's joined a new team for the first time in his career, things aren't gunna gel immediately. Ronaldo is used to moving from club to club, he's done it like 4-5 times now, he's bound to score everywhere he goes. Messi this upcoming season will definitely get more than ten league goals, but even if he doesn't, that won't change my mind on who I think is the goat. I'm a fan who wants both players to do well and always score, both yes. Both. I don't love one over the other more, I just know who the goat is, it's very simple. I lean towards Ronaldo to hope he outscores Messi which he will when they both retire but Messi will always be the goat
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I may be wrong, I probably am wrong, but I think the reason footballers aren't allowed to bet, or one of the reasons anyway, is that they know what team is going to win
The reason I say this is because I work at both United and City box and in the betting stand, they have a sheet with their predictions of who is going to win. Only its not a prediction, its the actual results. I was so shocked when I found out. I remember a couple of years ago I saw united losing to villa on the sheet and then it was 1-0 to villa with united having a penalty last minute and I said to everyone that he's going to miss it. I was so sure because of what I saw on that sheet, that even though betting is against my religion. Well gambling is, this wasn't a gamble if I knew what was going to happen, so I said I bet you my tip from what I make tonight, that Bruno or Ronaldo is missing this. Bruno took it and skied it.
Plenty of more moments like this I've had. Like with draws as well. Ever since then, I have lost the love for the sport
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@roberticle1 that Aston villa win was the most recent one I remember, off the top of my head. But I am completely fine with no one believing me, but while I work at both clubs, the colleagues that never believed me are the ones I showed the evidence to. You'll have what I'm smoking? That just implies you do smoke crack and don't know much, but I don't do drugs, never have and never will. But there's even been instances when my own box ask me to predict the score when they're making their bet and only when I get to see the sheet of paper with the result on it, do I tell them when I think the result will be. Not the score, the result. When it says city will lose, I tell them they will lose. They don't believe me and refuse to bet on it and then when I turn out to be right, they say we should have gone with you. I tell them, not everyone bets on their team though
At United is where I get most of my bets right, because Man United lose or draw all the time. If it says they'll lose, I have to think of a realistic defeat scoreline to tell my box and half the time when I am right, I get a big tip. The easiest money I make is when it's a draw. Easy to pick 0-0 or 1-1 but I haven't been going much this season because I have a different much bigger and more important job which doesn't allow me to have enough time to go to these games anymore to work, but when I do, I usually make good tips. It said united would beat Liverpool recently, couldn't believe it but I predicted 3-2 if they were gunna win and it ended up being 4-3. You don't need to believe me and I couldn't care less. It makes no difference to me. What matters is the people I do know that know me, know its true, because I've proven it to them. Whether they're telling people about it too is up to them. But I've known about football being fixed for over a decade now and I've never taken the sport seriously since then. Don't celebrate when my team scores or wins, don't get upset or angry when my team concedes a goal or loses
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@ I'm still not sure if Pep is even leaving at the end of the season. But if he does, then Ruben would finish this season off and then join City. But in 2012 Sir Alex had dinner with Pep and wages him to replace him in the future but Pep couldn't understand him back then. Or so he claims. But he basically rejected Man United back then and joined Bayern. Man United wouldn't be in this mess, had they snapped up Pep, immediately after Sir Alex left. But I'm not sure he'd have ended up staying at Man United for the whole time. Maybe would have left later that decade, after winning a few league titles and maybe one champions league. But I do wish he joined back then.
I don't want Ruben to leave sporting right now, for United. I want him to finish this season off. They're doing something special and I want to see how his team will do against city and arsenal, the next two ucl opponents and I want to see how far he can take them in the ucl too. They're perfect in the league at the moment. It would be a shame to give that up, just to join a team that's going no where right now. He probably doesn't like majority of the players and they probably won't understand his style of play. The smart thing to do is make a decision at the end of the season. Not now, not March or April, but the end of the season. What's interesting is, now everyone will be watching sporting games and that will give Ruben more pressure and will certainly disrupt his perfect start in the league. But this will be sort of a test, to see how he can handle it
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@steppazstarqualityfitness1347 there's a difference in being a fan and being a die hard hardcore obsessed supporter. I'm just a fan. I was a fan of club, I liked them, they were a good team. I was brought up in the 90s and lived in Manchester and they were my team, I became a fan of them. I'm not obsessed with them. Many have agreed with me, the fact that he's choosing between Brentford and Man united shows you where man united are. For his own benefit, he is better off staying. If he joins United them ok cool, let's see if he regrets it. Ronaldo won't admit he regrets it because he loves the club, he tried his best to get them to the top four but his team mates let him down big time. Why would I support a club like that, why would I? Until the glazers sell the club to someone who will do good to the club, they will remain an irrelevant club. Big, yes, but irrelevant. Good luck to them in getting top 4. Actually, good luck getting top 6 because top 4 will be way too hard. I mean they've signed no one, only lost players for free. The top 4 clubs are improving further and will get better where as united may have a new manager but they will struggle but improve. They won't get their goals but they will show signs of improvements. That is all. 2 years will go by and people will believe united are possibly back to winning ways and then it'll go downhill again in the third year
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@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 no he wouldn't. You're underestimating la liga. There also wouldn't have been any sir Alex to nurture him. No Giggs to stop him having McDonald's for breakfast, lunch and dinner and also drinking sodas. Giggs told him to never have soda again and quit fast food, if he wants to be a top player. Ruud van Nistelrooy told him to join the circus if he's going to do tricks and showboating. These people motivated him to be the best. Sir Alex made bets with Ronaldo to reach a certain target for goals. If he was at la liga, right in the beginning. A smaller team and then Real Madrid, maybe he wouldn't have even joined Real Madrid, because he probably wouldn't have been the same Ronaldo of the current 2000s
In not disrespecting Ronaldo here. I just don't think he would have gotten 1000 goals, just because he played in la liga his entire career. If he played in the French or Portuguese league, then maybe he would have 1000 goals. Maybe. 1000 is not an easy target to reach. Cristiano may only achieve it thanks to playing for Al Nassr. It's like a division 3 level league in Europe. But it's top flight over there, so that's why it'll count. Good for him. There's no guarantees he's getting 1000. He needs to play until 2026 or 2027 at the latest, to achieve it. He originally had plans to retire in 2025 and move back to Portugal or Spain, but now his plans have changed, to reach the 1000 goals. I see him playing for the 2026/27 season, if by the end of the 2026 world cup, he close to 1000 but not quite there yet
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@ sir Alex never spent close to what the club has been spending the last decade. They're splashing cash on players like Maguire Hojlund Antony Mount Casemiro and Sancho for silly money and the fact that they've all basically been flops as well. Hazard wanted Chelsea. Man United went for him, he picked Chelsea. Kroos picked Madrid when Man United sacked Moyes. Kroos only wanted Man United if Moyes stayed at United. He dodged a bullet as he went on to add to his already champions league title and won 5 more. He joined Madrid after completing club football. He only had the euros left to win. Fabregas picked Chelsea for José. Man United had Moyes and they were in the beginning of their downfall. Man United were never gunna get Fabregas when he left Arsenal in 2011. As back then, he only wanted Barcelona. Others like Bale for example, I did hear he and Ronaldo agreed to join Man United but Glazers said no. But they're also glad that the deal eventually never went through, because look at what they achieved at Madrid from 2013 and onwards
I always used to say that Ronaldo should have left man united in 2013 and not 2009. He would have won 2-4 league titles. He only won 1 league title and 1 cup in his first four years at Madrid. 2-4 premier league titles, more goals and assists, adding to Man United and Premier League legacy. More golden boots and player of the year awards and cementing your right wing spot in all time Premier League 11. Instead, he left way too early and he didn't do much, other that score a lot of goals but no ballon dors until end of 2013. Maybe he wins a second ballon dor at Man United and being the only one in England to win 2. Had he joined Madrid in 2013, he wins 1 less league title and cup. But still wins 4 champions league. If he stays beyond 2018 and is still there today, he wins an additional 2 champions league titles and 2 extra la liga titles too. So he'd have won 4 la liga titles instead of 2. 7 champion league titles instead of 5. The copa del rey he didn't win in 2011 because he was still at Man United, he wins in 2023. He has more than 500 goals for Madrid. So he would have had a bigger football legacy at both man united and real madrid
I don't know why I went off topic there but sir alex could have fixed Man United and coached the new players for a year or two before retiring. His retirement came out of no where and I immediately knew that this 2013 league title could be Man Uniteds last title in a lifetime. All that hard work vanished, now that Man United are no longer the only team with 20 league titles. They can no longer sing 20 times like they always have been doing. I do agree that glazers are to blame too but Glazers will be at Man United forever. When they die, their kids will run it and run it to the ground. Man United truly could be finished and it's only a matter of time before they're relegated. Saying relegated may sound crazy but has the bottom three teams not been beyond trash and Amorim joined a month or two earlier. Man United would be in the relegation zone today
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@bongumusamwandla3165 Buffon is a keeper, they can retire late and then Maldini who was a defender are the next latest to retire. Strikers run a lot that's why they retire earlier than midfielders defenders and keepers. Let's see how good Modric Fernandinho and Silva are when they reach 40+ I don't see modric at Madrid at age 40. He'll have retired by then or have already left for another club. Where as Ibrahimovic won the title and still scored goals after he turned 40. Idk why you mentioned Kroos, he's only 32.
When I mentioned best ageing player of our generation, I know it means 35+ and still doing well but I actually meant 38/39+ and still doing well. Ibrahimovic is the best. I didn't say he's the only great ageing player of our generation, I said he's the best ageing player. He's the only one who's scored more goals in his 30s than in his 20s. He may play on for another season after this one. I hope so anyway. Hopefully he appears in both last 16 ucl ties
Ibrahimovic won the serie a as a 40 year old. He returned to them for a challenge, a proper challenge, to win the league, something that hasn't been done since he was basically there the last time, about ten years ago. Him signing for them lifting the dressing room and turned them into winners, they came close to winning the league one year to actually winning it the next year. Being older does mean you're more injury prone which is what he's become at his age but he's still raring to go and wants to keep on playing, he's starting to realise he's getting old but he still wants to plays the highest level. Something that can't be said about Ronaldo.
Ronaldo promised his mum he would return to where it all started, in sporting, even if it means one season, he will return and because he said he will retire at 40 and his contract at Saudi expires when he turns 40, it looks like he will break that promise. I think or I hope at the end of his contract in the summer of 2025 he says you know what, I think I can play for one more year in Europe and I will take a massive paycut and play for sporting since I've already made so much money in Saudi, wages don't matter anymore. I don't see why he can't do that. I mean he rejected a huge severence package from united which was like £17 million or something so clearly money isn't everything. If he plays for that one more year after 2024/25 season ends in Saudi, he can job sporting, play a year and then maybe play at the world cup, if he is good enough to be selected. I genuinely think he should never have returned to united. He should have played one more season at juventus. Then the summer of 2022, decide where to go and from there he should have picked sporting
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