Cristiano Ronaldo is looking for a club to play in the Champions League. Photo: AFP
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United’s English player, has received an offer of 250 million euros for a two-year contract from a Saudi Arabian club, in an operation for a total of 300 million, the Portuguese media report.
According to the Portuguese Televisão Independente (TVI), a club whose name has not been disclosed, offered the 37-year-old striker a deal of 250 million euros e I would pay 20 more to middlemen and 30 to Manchester United.
The offer is tempting but it wouldn’t even remotely seduce Cristiano RonaldoWell, one of the big problems with his time at Manchester United is that he won’t play the next Champions League, so a team in Arabia would be even less attractive to him.
Uncertainty about Ronaldo’s future caused various speculations that even gave him the chance to go to Barcelona and PSG, but neither has materialized.
According to Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona, the club had an approach with the Portuguese agentbut that does not mean that any kind of negotiation has actually taken place.
In the case of PSG, the Parisian team would have refused the possibility of reuniting him with Messi, the media of the French capital recently assured.
Preseason without CR7
Erik ten Hag, the new manager of Manchester United Photo: AFP
Manchester United, with the debut of their new manager, Dutchman Erik Ten Hag, and without Cristiano Ronaldo, beat Liverpool 4-0 on Tuesday in a friendly played in Bangkok, Thailand, which served as preparation for both English teams before the start of the Premier League.
“Erik Ten Hag, former Ajax manager, made his debut with an excellent performance at the helm of United in the friendly against Liverpool,” reports the newspaper Mundo Deportivo.
The “red devils” won with the goals of Jadon Sancho, Fred. Antony Martial and the Uruguayan Facundo Pellistri. The friendly was played at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok.
In Liverpool, who presented an alternative team, the Uruguayan striker Darwin Nuñez made his debut, coming from Benfica in Portugal and for whom the British club paid 75 million euros.
The 2022-2023 Premier League will start on 5 August: Manchester United will play against Brighton (7/8) and Liverpool visiting Fulham (6/8).
Source: Clarin