Cristiano Ronaldo - is he better a player at Real Madrid or when he was with us

Of course, had you quoted my full comment you would have seen I'd said as much myself

I think Chief's approach is pretty good tbh. He's not stagnated or got worse at real Madrid so its only fair to assume he's got better. Naturally most players do, especially since the peak years are widely seen as 26-30. Obviously not always the case though, Michael Owen for example.

 

They'd just paid about £30m for Abdiol and then £65m for Kaka too. They also bought Alonso from us for £35m after signing C.Ronaldo too. No way they would have bought those and spent £150m on marmite boy.

 

Jesus christ, i thought it was 15 million.

 

It could of been, my memory of that deal is blurry to say the least.

Edit: Just checked and you;re right...

Kaka (€68m, AC Milan)
Raul Albiol (€15m, Valencia)
Cristiano Ronaldo (€94m, Manchester United)
Karim Benzema (€35m, Lyon)
Esteban Granero (€4m, Getafe)
Alvaro Arbeloa (€4m, Liverpool)
Xabi Alonso (€32m, Liverpool)

I missed Benzema though

 

True that.