In almost every single transfer occurred in football, fans tend to play absolutely no part whatsoever in the decision making process. It's up to the club to come up with the money and decide which player to buy for the team. Things could be about to change though, as a new movement called "Bring Ronaldo Home", organized through a crowd-funding concept, is attempting to help Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Old Trafford. The initiative is appealingManchester United fans across the World to pledge 10£, in order to help the club with the enormous transfer costs that are expected to be involved in such a potential deal
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The football season is almost over, which also means the summer transfer window is right around the corner. Cristiano Ronaldo is on the spotlight for a possible move back to England and to Manchester United, a club where he remains being loved unconditionally by the fans. One of the biggest obstacles will be the amount of money required to snatch CR7 from Real Madrid, and with that in mind there's a new movement on the web summoning Manchester United fans from all around the world, to pledge for the return of the club's prodigal son. The initiative is called "Bring Ronaldo Home" and the Red Devils fans are simply asked to pledge £10 on a crowd-funding concept, money which will then be donated to Manchester United ifRonaldo ends up signing for the club (the whole process involving these transactions is said to be audited by Deloitte, but Price Waterhouse Coopers might also step in, as they have also been reportedly invited). The donation also ensures that the pledger will be entitled to receive a new Manchester United jersey with Ronaldo's name on the back, but which will cost around 50 to 55 pounds more, when and if the time comes. If Ronaldo doesn't return to Old Trafford, the £10 pledge will be returned to the fan (less any administrative fees charged by PayPal, which may vary from country to country).
Cristiano Ronaldo - The return to Manchester United?
No other player in football has ever had such a big impact in two of the biggest clubs in the World as Cristiano Ronaldo did. The Portuguese winger joined Manchester United at the age of 18, played 6 seasons for the club (between 2003 and 2009) and scored 118 goals out of 292 appearances. He would then move to Real Madrid in the summer of 2009, for a world-record transfer fee of 80 million pounds (96 million euros). In the Spanish club, Ronaldo kept his development as a football player and in the past 4 seasons, he has scored 200 goals in 198 games. He earned the truthful right to become an all-time legend both at Manchester United and Real Madrid, but ever since he left England, rumors of a return simply never ceased coming up. This summer could in fact turn out to be a golden opportunity for the Red Devils to bring back their golden boy to Manchester and the fans can actually have a decisive say in the matter...
First of all, how much would it take for Real Madrid to give away Cristiano Ronaldo? And how much are Manchester United owners actually willing to spend in such a transfer? The Portuguese star is now 28-years old and his contract withReal Madrid expires in 2 years from now (in June 2015). His price tag back in 2009 was 80 million pounds (96 million euros) and even though Ronaldo did seem to have improved his game ever since, he has also grown older as he's not a 24-years youngster anymore. Regardless of Cristiano Ronaldo today's market-value being slightly higher or lower than what it was 2009, Manchester United fans certainly don't seem to be bothered about it and they are on a mission to bring their favorite star player back to Old Trafford, right this summer. The initiative goes by the name of "Bring Ronaldo Home" (www.bringronaldohome.org) and we'll provide you with more details on this campaign, in the paragraphs below.
Having allegedly close to 659 million fans worldwide, Manchester United fan base might end up being powerful enough to get things going on this Cristiano Ronaldopledge. If 2% of those fans were to participate on this campaign by donating the 10£ amount, it would mean Manchester U
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