Under the current contract, football striker Cristiano Ronaldo should be in Manchester United for another year, but changing coaches, poor team results and attracting Real Madrid can change that quickly.
The last match in the Real Madrid jersey was played by Ronaldo almost four years ago in Kiev, where he raised a trophy for the Champions League winner. After the famous finale full of mistakes, goalkeeper Loris Karius moved to Juventus Turin, last year he headed to Manchester United. From there, however, he could move back to Santiago Bernabeu.
Erik ten Hag will be an important figure in the whole process. The Dutch coach will end up in Ajax after the season and take over Manchester United. According to the Spanish daily Marc, he is planning to rebuild the team, which has been waiting for a Premier League title since 2013.
Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani, Romelu Lukaku and finally Cristiano Ronaldo did not help the dream of England in recent years, so a major rebuild under the baton of a new coach may be a logical way for Manchester.
According to initial statements, the Hag wants to build a new “energy and youth” team, he said after announcing his “transfer” to Old Trafford.
The 37-year-old veteran certainly does not fit into this box, moreover, in the game system of the current Ajax coach, there is a high presink of the attackers, their subordination to team performance, which is also related to the frequent rotation of the team. However, the strengths of the Portuguese striker are elsewhere.
Ronaldo has been associated with his return to Madrid several times this season. He himself contributed to this by criticizing the enthusiasm of his teammates or the mysterious absences in the team.
The news that CR7 could return to the La Liga was now brought by the British The Mirror, but the diary is careful in delivering guaranteed prophecies. It will depend mainly on the development of the transfer market in the summer.
The number one goal for Real is Kylian Mbappé. The French striker has a contract with PSG for only two months and could leave for free in the summer. In Madrid, moreover, he would definitely expect a fat signing bonus.
Mbappé is also to be attracted by Manchester City negotiators, but for the English team, the gain of Erling Haaland from Dortmund will probably be a higher priority. They are also interested in Madrid. However, if they fail, they intend to bring Ronald.
Even in the physically demanding Premier League, Ronaldo proves that even at the age of 37 he belongs to the world class. So far, he has scored 13 goals in the league and another 10 in the cups, but he is frustrated by the team’s performance. A few months ago, he was told that he didn’t want to put up with anything other than a fight for the top 3.
But United’s third Chelsea is now 11 points away and still has a good match. The Red Devils will be afraid to keep the seats guaranteeing the European League at all.
In addition, the debate was supported by Ralf Rangnick, who now heads the Manchester bench. “It is quite clear that we need to sign three new attackers,” he said over the weekend. “With Erik ten Hag as a coach, good scouting and the right reinforcements, I am optimistic. We can quickly see a better team with a better position in the league,” he added for Sky Sports.
And Ronald’s future? “You have to ask the new coach about that. Cristiano has shown that he can still be a key part of the team, but it is clear that the team needs more strikers,” Rangnick said. At the same time, the Red Devils now have Rashford, Cavani, Elang or Sancho at their disposal, in addition to Ronald.
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