CR7 is offered like sour beer
Doesn’t anyone want to buy Cristiano Ronaldo?
07/13/2022, 3:45 p.m
Have you had enough of Lustlos-Lewandowski and the hottest transfer saga of the summer? Then read here. Cristiano Ronaldo urgently wants to change clubs. But there is no longer a club for the multiple world footballer of the year.
It’s not that easy to be Cristiano Ronaldo these days. At the age of 37, a large part of the career is over, but not all the money in the world has been earned, and not every dream has been lived. For example the 20th Champions League participation in a row. Currently still under contract with Manchester United, the Portuguese wants to move on this summer. Only: So far there is no club that wants to take him on. And this despite the fact that his agent, Jorge Mendes, is touring Europe, knocking on doors and praising the player.
Bayern Munich has already rejected the Barcelona option so far seems hardly credible and now with Paris Saint-Germain another club from the ranks of European superclubs is said to have canceled. They had tried so hard in Camp Ronaldo, as reported by the American sports broadcaster ESPN, among others.
Ronaldo’s agent, the busy Mendes, is said to have fallen on deaf ears with his concerns in Paris. Too expensive, no place in the system and no sporting perspective, the new sports director Luis Campos and President Nasser Al-Khelaifi are said to have answered him. You know each other: Campos, a Portuguese, was a scout at Real Madrid from 2012, Ronaldo was a player there. And advisor Mendes was already well acquainted with Campos, who moved to Monaco in 2013, where he built the 2017 championship team. Al-Khelaifi is also a confidante of Mendes. Many of his players eventually ended up in Paris. But CR7, it should have become clear, will not do that.
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Also because the new coach Christophe Galtier is overwhelmed by the offensive options. Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé still play there. Where should there be room for Cristiano, whose goal statistics are still good, but who has long since stopped contributing to the defensive behavior of his teams. This has long been the weakness of the Qataris with Paris shirts, who are so keen to win the Champions League and yet fail again and again. Usually very early.
No place in Paris and also for the new transfer king of Europe, for Bayern sports director Hasan Salihamidžić not a serious option. It’s getting lonely around Cristiano Ronaldo. Not many clubs left. Maybe Chelsea, who still need a new world star with their new consortium of owners? Not with coach Thomas Tuchel, who has so far held back publicly, but is not said to be a big supporter of this idea. Understandable.
Ronaldo is therefore still tied to Manchester United until 2023, but as is well known, he did not travel to his still club’s training camp. They are currently touring through Asia, drew attention to themselves on Tuesday with a 4-0 win over Klopp’s Liverpool and, according to the official announcement, continue to build on the Portuguese. Means: He could even stay with the dwarfed Premier League giants. “We are planning Cristiano Ronaldo for the new season,” said new coach Erik ten Hag on Monday: “I’m really looking forward to working with him soon.” After all, one is looking forward to Ronaldo: Those are perspectives.