Rumor mill getting wilder
Is Cristiano Ronaldo just going home now?
07/29/2022, 09:30 am
Cristiano Ronaldo is still struggling to play in the Champions League next season. However, he has to leave his club Manchester United for this. But so far the Portuguese is said to have only received cancellations from the top clubs, is it going back home now?
According to information from “The Athletic”, Cristiano Ronaldo and his agent Jorge Mendes have held talks with Sporting Lisbon. The five-time world footballer is determined to leave Premier League club Manchester United this summer. A move would mean a return for the 37-year-old striker. He had played for the Portuguese top club in his youth and had turned professional there. Sporting had secured a place in the Champions League by finishing second in the Primeira Liga. According to “The Athletic”, signing Ronaldo for Sporting would be an enormous financial effort. In addition, head coach Ruben Amorim is said to have reservations about the engagement of the star.
Ronaldo should make it clear that he absolutely wants to play in the Champions League again in the new season. According to the report, he wants to expand his goal record in the premier class. In addition, Ronaldo is said to have given family reasons for leaving Manchester. United’s club management and new coach Erik ten Hag are keen to keep the 2016 European champions. Ronaldo returned to United a year ago and still has a contract until 2023. Man United failed to qualify for the Champions League last season and will play in the Europa League in the new season.
The desired change of the superstar is now growing into the second biggest transfer saga of the summer, after the theater around Robert Lewandowski, who has already left FC Bayern for Barcelona. At the beginning of the week, the well-known British TV presenter Piers Morgan spoke up on the matter. “I’ve had a lot of contact with Ronaldo over the last week,” Morgan told talkSport. “In any case, I think it is very unlikely that Cristiano Ronaldo will play another game for Manchester United. I think he has already mentally said goodbye.”But where to?
As far as we know, a realistic offer is still a long way off. Because the superstar is expensive and means a risk for the harmony in the team because the hierarchy would change with it. Most recently, Atletico Madrid was traded as a buyer. The arch-rival of Ronaldo’s ex-club Real Madrid could hardly afford the commitment. Mendes is said to have previously 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.