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Originally Posted by Russ B
On his current form he perhaps the best player in the premiership at the moment (if not the best then in the top 3) - so you'd rather see the premiership devalue itself? People usually associate success in the premiership with Utd and Ronaldo is helping us acheive that. Keep it this way and the English league will be the envy of the world.
There's nothing sinister about Ronaldo's position, it's all power play to get his value as high as possible. As soon as it looks like he might be showing interest in another team, Utd will be considering a higher contract when it comes around for renewal. It's all business. We might not like the way business is conducted but that's business.
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I don't dispute how good a player he is and as I said if football finally gets its house in order then I think the
sacrifice is worth it, surely the Premiership is already being devalued by the behaviour mentioned earlier, carry on as we are and we run the risk of ruining it, attendances are already dwindling to such a degree that terracing is actively proposing a return, people in general consider the players to be out of touch mercenaries.
The fact is too many people have their hands in the cookie jar and until it affects the big clubs nothing will be done
Btw hasn't he just signed a new contract?
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Originally Posted by sherer
the problem seems to be the greed of the agents.. they don't care if a player stays put, moves to another club or ends up playing for Bromley Town or non-league
all they care about is how they can get a bigger commision, if the current clubs offer a bigger commision then the agent says they will stay..
until FIFA and UEFA put tighter controls on agents then this practise will keep going on and on and more money will go out of the game.. the fans have to pay higher prices just to cover the agents fees that are paid
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Fair points indeed, I would like to see agents abolished personally, let the PFA lawyers do the deals for them