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Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero
No. Kaka' is three years older and less marketable. Ronaldo is at the peak of his powers, while Kaka', let's face it, is not enjoying the best of form.
This may be true to an extent, though it still remains to be seen. Ribery does not want to go the Prem and Bayern do not want to sell (they're not playing hardball--they want to keep him).
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In conclusion, what these two transfers have shown is that Man U can be bullied just like Milan were. I refuse to believe that Man U's rather onerous debt has nothing to do with this move. It grows every year, and while they could have a transfer fund of 80 million sterling a year, they only see 20% of that because of payments. Hence, they probably thought they could use the C. Ronaldo money to buy players.
Football is in trouble, and we have to realize that Real are financing these moves through loans. Regardless of the Spanish banks' largesse, this could have repercussions in the future.
The reason Real have paid 80 million (talking to my Spanish friends) is because Calderon had an agreement in place for that much. For sure I would have liked about 10 million sterling more from Real for Kaka', but I don't think the difference is that rankling.
Milan and Man U were both more successful than Real this decade (Milan and Man U have both done extremely well in Europe, with Milan winning two CLs in Europe and Man U reaching two finals, winning one), but it is the Spanish giants who are still the biggest club in the world.
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Kaka might be three years older, but he is still reaching his prime, so the age difference really shouldnt be that much of a factor. Can't argue with the more marketable part as Ronaldo is the much more popular player for younger soccer fans. I don't disagree with the fact that Ronaldo should cost more, but the fact that he cost almost 150% of Kaka is absolutely riduculous, don't you think?
I only used Ribery as an example of sort as he seems to be the most feasible direct replacement for Ronaldo. Even though he said he would like to move to Spain, I doubt Barcelona or RM has any room for him in their midfield. Since he isn't exactly enjoying his stay in Germany all that much, I don't see why he couldn't make a switch to Man U for a new challenge. If the player really wants to leave, there really isn't a whole lot Bayern can do about it. Not to mention they are also spending a lot of money in the mercato and could be looking to cash in on Ribery to recoup some of that money. Of course, the excellent player development system Man U has could also mean that a young guy like Benzema or Aguero could be brought in as the replacement. The key here is that Ferguson is not going to be bullied around by his bosses and accept losing his best player for nothing. He is going to get a monster amount of cash to spend and he is going to make the best out of it. That is, unfortunately, something that I cannot say about Milan.
I have read before that Fiorentino Perez is a very calculated business man even as the president of a soccer club. For every mega star player he brings in, he always conducts a research to see if the cost of signing him would be higher than the financial benefits the player brings in. As ridiculous as it might seem to a lot of us that they spent so much money in one summer, they could very well make that money back in a couple of years. That means, RM might be better off with these deals being made while the rest of the world will have to suffer from them because of inflation of player prices and salary as well as the inability to compete financially with a marketing juggernaut like RM.