Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave United, but no team has made a formal offer for the Portuguese in the current transfer window. The Portuguese attacker does not seem too excited about the idea of staying at Manchester United, who will not be playing Champions League football in the new 2022-2023 season, but the prospects of a new destination do not seem at all clear.
'CR7', who is 37 years old and still has a year left on his contract with United, did not rejoin the 'Red Devils' training at Carrington right off the bat and then did not take part in the tour of Asia and Australia. "He has had family problems. We have to give him space, that's all," says his compatriot and club teammate Bruno Fernandes. "I don't know what's going on in his head, if he wants to leave. I haven't asked him that question," he added.
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But one thing is Cristiano Ronaldo's desire and another the reality. Few teams have the resources to take in a 37-year-old player with a weekly salary of 580,000 euros ($592,000), despite the fact that his agent has let potential interested parties know that the player would be "willing to lower his salary by 30%," according to reports in the British press.
At Chelsea, coach Thomas Tuchel believes that "he is a fantastic player" but prefers to concentrate on his new striker, Raheem Sterling (ex-Liverpool).
For Bayern Munich boss Oliver Kahn, "as highly regarded as Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest, is, such a transfer would not fit in with the philosophy" of the Bavarian club.
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In Spain, Barcelona president Joan Laporta admitted having had lunch with Jorge Mendes "to talk about the market in general", but not about Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese star "is not economically viable" for Atletico Madrid, according to Marca newspaper, which also does not see possible a return to Real Madrid, where he lived his best years (2009-2018).
