publishedJuly 21, 2022 at 12:24 p.m
ManchesterRonaldo wants to leave, but nobody wants the five-time world footballer
With Manchester United not playing in the Champions League next season, Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave the club. The search for a buyer for the former world footballer is difficult.
It remains to be seen whether the superstar will celebrate again for ManU.
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Ronaldo is no longer as coveted in the market as it was in the past.
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Manchester United is currently on a major tour of Southeast Asia and Australia. In preparation for the new season and as part of the marketing strategy. But one is missing, the big absentee is called Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese did not travel, officially for family reasons. Nevertheless, everything revolves around the 37-year-old. Ronaldo wants to leave the club, he informed the ManU officials.
Ronaldo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, is in touch with many top European clubs. But so far no buyers can be found for the star striker. Mendes is said to have received a refusal from Paris Saint-Germain, met with new Chelsea owner Todd Boehly and also spoken to clubs in Italy. When FC Bayern briefly appeared as an alleged candidate, the Bayern bosses immediately denied it. Now Real Madrid’s archrival Atlético Madrid has also been brought into play. Whether the “Colchoneros” can afford the Portuguese is questionable.
A realistic offer is awaited. Because the superstar is expensive and means a risk for the harmony in the team because the hierarchy would change with it. The main reason for Ronaldo’s rumored change request is missing the Champions League. The Europa League is not enough for the veteran, who has won the premier class several times, at the end of his career.
Does Ronaldo have to stay at ManU in the end?
Erik ten Hag has no doubts that Cristiano Ronaldo will continue to play for Manchester United next season. At least the new coach of the soccer record champion is very relaxed in public when it comes to CR7 and the never-ending speculation about its future. “We all know that Ronaldo is an absolute professional and will be fit,” ten Hag told the online magazine “The Athletic”. “He trains.”
In his weekend interview, ten Hag did not comment directly on the rumors of an early departure. The Dutchman had previously emphasized several times that he was planning with Ronaldo. Unless a new club can be found for the Portuguese, Ronaldo will have to stay with the Red Devils for better or for worse.
(dpa/dma)