Cristiano Ronaldo (37, Portugal), who plays for Manchester United (hereafter referred to as Manchester United) in the English Premier League, has communicated to the club that he wants to transfer to another team this summer.
ESPN, an American sports media outlet, reported on the 3rd that “Ronaldo told United that he would like to play in the 2022-2023 season of the UEFA Champions League and that he would transfer to another team this summer.”
Ronaldo, who played for Juventus in Italy, moved to Manchester United in August of last year.
It was Ronaldo’s first return to Manchester United in 12 years since the 2008-2009 season.
Ronaldo, who scored 18 goals in 30 league matches for United last season, was rumored to be breaking up with United after the 2021-2022 season.
Last month, UK Sky Sports reported that “Ronaldo will return to training for Manchester United in early July”, but in the end, on the same day, sports media outlets in England and the United States all announced the news of Ronaldo’s intention to transfer, raising the possibility that Ronaldo would move to another team. got bigger
Manchester United finished sixth in the Premier League for the 2021-2022 season and did not qualify for the European Champions League.
Ronaldo is on a contract with Manchester United until June 2023, but it seems that he is asking for a transfer to another team in order to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
However, ESPN said, “According to the officials, Manchester United have effectively notified Ronaldo of ‘no transfer’ to fill the remaining contract period.”
Teams interested in signing Ronaldo include Chelsea (England), Bayern Munich (Germany) and Napoli (Italy).
Ronaldo won the European Champions League in 2008 while he was at Manchester United and in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 while playing for Real Madrid (Spain).
At the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar in November this year, the Portugal national team is scheduled to play against Korea in the group stage as a striker.
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