The three-time Ballon d’Or victor has another two-and-a-half years to run on his Real Madrid contract, but the argument is there to say his best years are behind him and Los Merengues would be better off cashing in.
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Ronaldo has still managed to score 13 goals this season, but his strike rate has been on the wane in recent months.
Still the most expensive player in the history of football, Gareth Bale is high on the transfer wish list of Manchester United who appears to be overly desperate in their quest to land the speedy winger.
Evra told the Sunday Times: “He told me, ‘99% Cristiano Ronaldo will come”. Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann is greatly admired by Manchester United fans while Thomas Muller would fill the striker role exceptionally and take a lot of pressure off the wide men. “He was really the best and he is, at the moment, the best player in the world – and the best ever for sure”. We could have finished the game much earlier.
Now, the player himself has admitted that he can “never say never” with regards to a return to England, but insisted that he is happy playing under Rafael Benitez at the Bernabeu.
“We created three chances in a row”.
“I can’t explain. I don’t think anyone in the team was expecting the first half”.
Van Gaal will now assess a depleted team ahead of Wednesday’s home Champions League clash with PSV Eindhoven.
The truth is that he probably wouldn’t, considering that club captain Wayne Rooney appears to be undroppable and summer sensation Anthony Martial appears unstoppable. “Jones (twisted ankle) and Herrera (hamstring injury) are not available for Wednesday”.
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“We are going through a lousy period with injuries”, he said after the match. In my last season at Tottenham, I played in the middle more. Jones has a twisted ankle and Herrera maybe a hamstring injury.
