Quote Originally Posted by Ernesto View Post
Darth, Ronaldo gave ManUre 3 good seasons after the World Cup debacle with Rooney. He, himself and the media created a huge story about him leaving and it looked for all the world like he was going to. However, he turned the corner, gave Ferguson and the Scum three great years and only THEN did he f*ck off to Real.

Compare that with us trying to appease our better players by giving them the captaincy. The same armband that Adams used to wear.
It seems to me that Cesc got the 'one more year' speech last summer and he's not the only one that was persuaded to stay longer than he wanted, ofc there's plenty who haven't but that's the same for any club. I'm not completely sure Madrid wanted him after the World Cup as wasn't the following year the one where Ronaldo got ridiculously good? Either way, we have persuaded players to stay before, it's a shame we don't quite have the staying power we used to have but we've tried as much as we can imo, we're not a laughing stock yet, just a less attractive proposition than we were.