How is the C. Ronaldo deal with Manchester United coming out with the ManU fans in Nigeria? They were not happy when I noted that it was a bad trade. I maintain that with CR, ManU will continue to underperform. Five more years trophyless, ManU becomes a tier-2 club in England.
Read my original call: “Manchester United needs to understand one thing: Cristiano Ronaldo is an accelerator who has a great skill on executing and finishing a playbook; but he is never an incubator. He outperforms in teams with great incubators (people who stimulate chances from midfield). He is one of the greatest, if not the GOAT, on accelerating and finishing chances.
“But outside the ball, he has relative inaction, now, when he is not with the ball. Also, his pressing coverage is relatively below average, now. What happens is this: if there is no Xabi- or Iniesta-like in his team, who incubates as great midfielders, team chemistry breaks because expectations crash. CR can still score goals (he is a genius on that) but in general his team underperforms.”
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Those days in the village, we used to put the small radio in the ear to listen to commentators on Edward Ansah, Abdullahi Alausa, etc, memorizing the starting lineups from Rangers to Sharks in the Nigerian football league.
ManU was knocked out of the current Champions League by Atletico Madrid.
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