The Portuguese wants to play in the Champions League next season and Jorge Mendes has already met Chelsea
Cristiano Ronaldo will be one of the names in the summer transfer market for another year. The 37-year-old Portuguese footballer does not want to stay a year without participating in the Champions League and is scouring the market for a way out that will allow him to continue playing for the continental top. Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Roma or Sporting de Portugal have already asked for a player who values the possibility of another change of scenery.
“Of course I count on Cristiano Ronaldo. He is very important to the club, he is a giant for everything he has shown and his great ambition,” said Erik Ten Hag, new coach of the ‘red devils’ for next season in an interview with the newspaper at the end of May. ‘From Telegraph’. By this time Manchester United was already immersed in one of its recurring crises, practically saying goodbye to the next Champions League and the spirit of saying goodbye to its biggest star hovered over Old Trafford. CR7 mused on the possibility of jumping ship to a team that would allow him to advance in the ‘elite’.
Today that spirit is growing. Cristiano Ronaldo has already been offered to some of Europe’s biggest clubs by super agent Jorge Mendes. The prestigious representative phoned Bayern Munich offices as a possible replacement for Lewandowski’s departure, but found that the Germans had already tied Sadio Mane and they have since started talks in the Premier League.
Chelsea seem to be the team most interested in having the Madeira star at the moment. The ‘blues’ have embarked on a reconstruction, including a change of tycoon, and are looking for a blow after Lukaku’s almost certain departure for Inter Milan. CR7 would be that figure for the Londoners, while for the player it would be a chance to advance in one of the major leagues and in a team that aspires to win it all. Not in vain, just two seasons ago he was champion of the Champions League, the title that the Portuguese star is pursuing to become the most successful in this competition, together with Paco Gento with six wounds.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s situation this summer resembles that in which he played just a year ago. Manchester United, like Juventus, flatly refuses to say goodbye to a main footballer in the selection. The Madeiran man scored 24 goals last season, more than anyone else on the ‘red devils’ squad, a club that needs its protagonist to regain lost ground.
The Italians engaged in a tug-of-war with the Madeira star until they finally opened up to negotiations and started an auction that ended with the two Manchester teams in a dispute that ended with the footballer at Old Trafford. Today, that bid has Chelsea in the lead, waiting for Jorge Mendes to start shaking the shaker. Few like him are able to do it.
Continuity in Manchester or the possibility of finishing at Chelsea are the most viable options for Cristiano at the moment, but not the only one. Jorge Mendes has already explored the possibility of the player returning to Serie A and has considered options such as joining Roma, a club making a strong investment through the Friedkin Group and where he would meet Jose Mourinho again.
Also on the table is a hypothetical return to Sporting de Portugal, an alternative, that of returning home to finish his career, which has never been ruled out by the Portuguese and not by a club that awaits him with open arms. “I would like him to finish his career here, at home. He represents a lot for us, he is a world ambassador,” said Bruno de Carvalho, Sporting president.
The last option and perhaps the most unlikely given Cristiano Ronaldo’s winning nature is to leave the main stage and opt for a less competitive league. That’s what David Beckham and Inter Miami offer him. According to ‘Daily Star’ media, the former England footballer has already contacted the Manchester United player but the player has been rejected. There he could compete against his former teammate Gareth Bale, recently signed by Los Angeles FC.
Source: La Verdad
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