One of the ‘bombas’ of the European football transfer market could materialize in the next few hours, when it was announced that the Chelsea team would be on the trail of the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, currently belonging to Manchester United of the same league English.
So far, the continuity of the 37-year-old Lusitanian player in the United team is not certain, despite the fact that he still has a valid contract until June 2023; his individual season was outstanding, however, the collective objectives were not achieved and this would be a good trigger to generate his dismissal, although it is known that the Manchester coach, Erik Ten Hag and the entire squad want him to stay another year at the club.
According to the portal “The Athletic”, recognized English media, last week there was a meeting in Portugal, in which Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s new owner, and Jorge Mendes, representative of the Portuguese scorer, participated, which places the ‘Blues’ as a sudden choice for ‘CR7’.
According to the same source, various topics were discussed at the meeting and one of the points was the fate of Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2022-23 season. However, despite obtaining the precise information about the outstanding footballer, it is still not clear if the London team will fight for the signing.
It should be noted that Chelsea would be close to being left without one of its referents in offense such as the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, who would be returning to the ranks of Inter Milan; That is why the coaching staff headed by German coach Thomas Tuchel is looking for a player with the right offensive profile and would welcome the arrival of CR7.
The truth is that the ‘Blues’ board is willing to invest to strengthen the squad, considering that after winning the 2020-2021 edition of the Champions League against Manchester City, they were unable to win any important competition last season. local and continental level.
Despite the fact that Ronaldo was United’s top scorer in the Premier League with 18 goals, in addition to 6 goals in the Champions League, the collective performance of the team led by the Dutchman Erik Ten Hag was not what was expected, despite having other figures relevant as the also Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, the English Marcus Rashford and the Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani.
For the moment, the blue box board will make their respective analysis according to what Boehly compiled and his meeting with Mendes. In addition to Chelsea, other teams such as José Mourinho’s Roma and Bayern Munich have also sounded like possible destinations for CR7.
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