Foot – Market
Under contract until June 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo seems more than ever pending departure from Juventus. And his agent, the famous Jorge Mendes, would have intensified in recent hours negotiations with Manchester United, which seems to be taking over PSG and Real Madrid for the Portuguese striker.
Arrived from Real Madrid in the summer of 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo seems today to break with the Juventus Turin ! Frustrated by the elimination of his team from the round of 16 of the Champions League, the Portuguese striker is the subject of much speculation on the transfer market, especially since he has only one year of contract with Old lady. And this file would be accelerating behind the scenes according to the latest revelations of the Italian press …
CR7 to MU rather than to PSG or Real
As indicated by the Gazzetta dello Sport this Friday morning, it is currently Manchester United who would hold the rope to repatriate Cristiano Ronaldo next summer. The Red Devils, who had hatched the Portuguese striker at the highest European level during his stint at Old Trafford between 2003 and 2009, would be in negotiations with his agent Jorge Mendes, and could therefore take over the Real Madrid and the PSG in this file. Leonardo would have also ticked the name of CR7, in particular with a view to a possible departure from Kylian Mbappé this summer if he decides not to extend. The option of a return to Real Madrid had also been mentioned for Ronaldo, but the club merengue mainly seems to pass the files Haaland and Mbappé in priority rather than the Portuguese star, who is at the end of his career. Clearly, it is therefore Manchester United who seems well on the way to recruiting Cristiano Ronaldo this summer, even if the Journal specifies that the player will have to operate at a significant reduction in his salary to return to the ranks of the English club.
Juventus have not yet given up …
But what is the position of the Juventus in all of this, while Cristiano Ronaldo has established itself as a major element of the club White black these last three years’ Recently asked about the future of his star, the vice-president of Turin Pavel Nedved had taken a very clear position: “ For me, Cristiano Ronaldo is untouchable, he has a contract until June 30, 2022 and he will stay. We will then see what happens next. Cristiano, both technically and in terms of the image, gave us a boost towards football’s Olympus ”. Clearly, the Juventus doesn’t seem willing to let go Cristiano Ronaldo. It remains to be seen whether it will do the forcing to keep it, at the risk of seeing it go free at the end of the contract in a year …
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