But one thing is the wish of Cristiano Ronaldo and another reality. Few teams have the resources to sign a 37-year-old with a weekly salary of 580,000 euros ($592,000), even though his agent has let potential prospects know that the player would be “willing to take a 30-year pay cut.” %”, according to British press reports.
On the other hand, incorporating an elderly player implies stalling the sports project of a team, taking away the opportunity for young promises, even affecting their philosophy.
In the Chelseamanager Thomas Tuchel believes “he’s a fantastic player” but prefers to focus on his new striker, Raheem Sterling (ex-citizen).
For the technician Bayern MunichOliver Kahn, “as much respected as Cristiano Ronaldo is, one of the greatest, such a transfer would not fit with the philosophy” of the Bavarian club.
A place in La Liga or Serie A?
In Spain, the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, admitted having lunch with Jorge Mendes “to talk about the market in general”, but not about Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese star “is not economically viable” for Atlético de Madrid, according to the Marca newspaper, which does not see a return to Real Madrid as possible either, where he lived his best years.
As reported by the Gazetta dello Sport, Inter Milan and AC Milan rejected the possibility of signing Cristiano Ronaldo in this summer transfer market. Two more teams joining the roster.
The agent of the Portuguese attacker, Jorge Mendes, would have offered the two Milan teams the possibility of signing their representative in the remaining weeks of the summer transfer market. But both institutions made the decision to reject said offer, closing the doors to the footballer to be able to return to Italy.