Report: Cristiano Ronaldo Requests Manchester United Transfer If Club Gets Good Offer

 

Cristiano Ronaldo has asked Manchester United to allow him to leave this summer on the off chance that the club gets a sensible exchange offer, per Duncan Castles of The Times.

David Ornstein of The Athletic later affirmed the report.

The 37-year-old Portuguese is wanting to play in the UEFA Champions League until the end of his vocation, yet Manchester United didn't qualify subsequent to finishing 6th in the Premier League.

Ronaldo has showed up in Champions League in each of the last 19 years with Manchester United, Juventus and Real Madrid, bringing home five championships in this stretch. He has never played in the Europa League, just playing one season in the UEFA Cup as a young person with Sporting CP.

Rob Dawson of ESPN detailed last month that Manchester United had told Ronaldo he was not available for transfer, with new coach Erik ten Hag anticipating having Ronaldo for the 2022-23 season.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner led the Red Devils with 18 league goals in 2021-22, adding six additional in six Champions League matches. He was named to the PFA Team of the Year in England.

Ronaldo's representative, Jorge Mendes, met with Chelsea owner Todd Boehly last month, per Ornstein and Dan Sheldon of The Athletic. The player has likewise been linked with Bayern Munich this late spring, per Jacob Ranson of the Daily Mail.

Ornstein noted Napoli are moreover "understood to be interested," while PSG "are not currently interested" in seeking after Ronaldo.

If he somehow managed to leave, Ronaldo's second spell at Manchester United would be stopped at only one year after he got back to the club. Ronaldo previously finished paperwork for the Red Devils from Sporting Lisbon in 2003 and proceeded to score 118 goals in 292 games while coming out on top for three Premier League championships and a Champions League in a six-year stay.

He continued on toward Real Madrid in 2009 for a world-record move fee of $130 million, bringing home four additional Champions League titles and two league titles. He then came out on top for two Italian league championships with Juventus in three years prior to making an electrifying re-visitation of United the previous summer.

While Ronaldo recorded sensible individual measurements, he couldn't lift his team, which went from wrapping second in 2020-21 to winding up 6th in 2021-22.