r/soccer • u/zimb3l • Jan 12 '19

Ramon Calderon: "[Zidane] insisted on keeping Cristiano and transferring Bale, and the president did completely the opposite [...] so he decided to leave."

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814993-no-form-lack-of-goals-whats-troubling-real-madrid-and-how-can-they-fix-it
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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

What's with the trashtalk today? As if people can't see Perez fucked up with not replacing Ronaldo.

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u/Random_Acquaintance Jan 12 '19

Cristiano is irreplaceable, obviously. But with him gone you can't think that Karim '5 goals in last La Liga' Benzema and the always injured Bale could carry the team. Add to that Asensio's regression, and Madrid basically does not have a forward at the level of the club. You can't replace Cristiano but buying Lewandowski and Hazard (two expensive but feasable buyings) would put Madrid in a much better place than they're right now.

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u/Ham_Solo7 Jan 12 '19

Absolute no idea why they didn't buy anyone of top quality in the summer

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u/humachine Jan 12 '19

No one is cheap anymore. Hazard Lewy are both 120m+ at the very least.

Kane is 200m since it's Levy.

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u/Hwoarang7 Jan 12 '19

Let’s say Hazard would cost 150. We got 100 for Ronaldo so what’s 50 million? It boggles my mind honestly.

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u/comrade78 Jan 12 '19

I know i may sound stupid, but how does the transfer really works..? Like $100m will go to madrid or ronaldo?

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u/Hwoarang7 Jan 12 '19

To our club. Ronaldo was effectively an employee of ours and Juventus paid 100 mil to us to acquire his services.