Haha

[hugetomatoes]

well....as im on vacations i bought Ronaldo's book just to burn some time...and what do i find??

Cruzeiro came to portugal in 93 for a tournament and ronaldo left a good impression, Porto offered 500 000dollars for him but cruzeiro asked for 750 000. Pinto da Costa rejected what would become the 3x Fifa World player.

just a funny story for you guys lol

[Bossanova]

we didnt need ronaldo, we had jardigolo :D

there are countless examples of these things happening in football though

[equinox24]

Ronaldo wouldn't of been as good if he came to Porto.

[Viva_Benfica]

Ronaldo wouldn't of been as good if he came to Porto. 100% true.

[Striker]

Ronaldo wouldn't of been as good if he came to Porto.

Why??

he was good at Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona and Inter.. why not Porto?

[Hurley]

Ronaldo wouldn't of been as good if he came to Porto.

Care to explain?

[Super Pibe #7]

think he meant things may have not been the same.if he went to porto his career may have taken a different path and at psv he had robson to mentor him and also to bring him to barcelona

[Hurley]

think he meant things may have not been the same.if he went to porto his career may have taken a different path and at psv he had robson to mentor him and also to bring him to barcelona

Do you know which club Robson was managing before he went to Barcelona?

Anyway Ronaldo had enough raw talent to be massively successful whatever the circunstances.

[Super Pibe #7]

opps bad a mistake lol sorry got mixed up since he had some time managing psv

he managed porto before he came to barca

[equinox24]

Care to explain?
Since when are there players like Ronaldo playing in Portugal? These kinds of players don't come to play here; and if he were to come here he would not develop into the striker he is now. He went to PSV where in Holland lots of strikers develop and have great scoring records; like RVN; Romario and Kezman.

Of course he would be world class; but not the same player he is. Thats my view; and going to Madrid was never the best option for him; he said he loved playing in Italy the most.

Theres lots of things that would stop Ronaldo from being as good; but then again we can't predict things like this; but what I can predict is that if Ronaldo wasn't injured 50% of his career; he would be known to be better than Pele and Maradona.

Anyways Hurley; its kinda of a hard topic to eleborate; we can't predict what would happen; but the reason why I said that is because its what I think.

If he did come to Porto I would be the happiest person ever; i did manage to get him with Porto in FM; in the year 2008 :D

[Bluedragon]

Ronaldo wouldn't of been as good if he came to Porto.

I tend to disagree with you there, how many players has Porto made into stars. Derlie, Maniche, Valente, Carvahlo, Ferreira, Deco, Jardel, Kostadinov, Couto, Tank, Baia, McCarthy and there are more.

Most of them where just average before coming to Porto, so I think Ronaldo would of been a great player.

[Bluedragon]

Ronaldo wouldn't of been as good if he came to Porto.

I tend to disagree with you there, how many players has Porto made into stars. Derlie, Maniche, Valente, Carvahlo, Ferreira, Deco, Jardel, Kostadinov, Couto, Tank, Baia, McCarthy and there are more.

Most of them where just average before coming to Porto, so I think Ronaldo would of been a great player.

[equinox24]

I tend to disagree with you there, how many players has Porto made into stars. Derlie, Maniche, Valente, Carvahlo, Ferreira, Deco, Jardel, Kostadinov, Couto, Tank, Baia, McCarthy and there are more.

Most of them where just average before coming to Porto, so I think Ronaldo would of been a great player.

Are any of those even on the same level as Ronaldo?

[Viva_Benfica]

I tend to disagree with you there, how many players has Porto made into stars. Derlie, Maniche, Valente, Carvahlo, Ferreira, Deco, Jardel, Kostadinov, Couto, Tank, Baia, McCarthy and there are more.

Most of them where just average before coming to Porto, so I think Ronaldo would of been a great player. Wait, wait, wait. You are comparing these players to Ronaldo?

[Hurley]

Since when are there players like Ronaldo playing in Portugal? These kinds of players don't come to play here; and if he were to come here he would not develop into the striker he is now. He went to PSV where in Holland lots of strikers develop and have great scoring records; like RVN; Romario and Kezman.

Of course he would be world class; but not the same player he is. Thats my view; and going to Madrid was never the best option for him; he said he loved playing in Italy the most.

Theres lots of things that would stop Ronaldo from being as good; but then again we can't predict things like this; but what I can predict is that if Ronaldo wasn't injured 50% of his career; he would be known to be better than Pele and Maradona.

Anyways Hurley; its kinda of a hard topic to eleborate; we can't predict what would happen; but the reason why I said that is because its what I think.

If he did come to Porto I would be the happiest person ever; i did manage to get him with Porto in FM; in the year 2008 :D

This discussion is pointless then.

[equinox24]

This discussion is pointless then.

I guess you are right but thats what my opinion was on this situation and I will stick by it.

And Hugo I tried to buy his book at a big book store here in Canada; www.indigo.ca and they didn't even have it; but its online; I just want to know which book of his you got.