Manchester United They have reportedly stuck to their position on wanting to keep Cristiano Ronaldo In the club all this season, with Erik ten Hag wants to work with the talented Portuguese star. The team, for all intents and purposes, wasn’t open to making it available for transfer. On Saturday, however, The star applied to leave Manchester United If they get a proper bid to try to get him in a Champions League rival, according to The Times.
Ronaldowho has 12 months left in the man’s contract united acquired from JuventusHe was the third top scorer in the Premier League last season with 18 goals and three assists. You can expect that his salary requirements and the need to play at the highest level of competition will eliminate the list of suitors.
PSG is not expected to be interested in a move for Ronaldo in this window, while Bayern Munich have been informed of his availability and Naples expressed interest, According to The Athletic. All of these mentioned clubs have the potential to deliver Champions League football to Ronaldo while United’s Ten Hag is revamping the roster as the club moves away from the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer/Ralph Rangnick era.
Chelsea Already linked With Ronaldo’s transfer after a meeting between the club’s owner/acting sporting director Todd Boehle and Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes in Portugal.
Boehly and manager Thomas Tuchel are looking to revamp the frontline next Romelu Lukaku shipped to Inter Milan on loan. They were scouting deals for Raheem Sterling And the Ravenha as a result of. Ronaldo may be that key for Chelsea, but it will likely require a change to 4-2-3-1 instead of the three defenders Tuchel used last season. Mentioned above, Bayern may be another team linked in Ronaldo’s lottery, but their interest may be marginal after the addition of Sadio Mane.
On the Manchester United side, letting Ronaldo go is a tough prospect. He may not be a player who fits Ten Hag’s 4-3-3 basic pressing system, but the team likely won’t find a better option to score in the market without being able to deliver Champions League football. with struggle Marcus Rashford And the Anthony Martial Last season, it’s not like they had a decent backup option forward on the team.
Anthony Elanga He could fill that void in the question, but he’s only 20 years old and he’s getting a taste of life for the first time at United. Making the leap from less than 1,500 minutes of play to becoming the man on the attack is tough. Sebastian Haller was the better alternative, but He is scheduled to go to Borussia Dortmund. Leaving Ronaldo without a replacement isn’t the worst option for Manchester United, but it would be an official acceptance that the team is on the way to a rebuilding phase.
This will allow time for Ten Hag to prepare his playing style while removing the questions that come with every decision surrounding Ronaldo. He could certainly start the season on the roster, but whispers about a possible second departure from Old Trafford seem to be growing.
