{"id":615344,"date":"2022-07-27T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615344"},"modified":"2022-07-27T17:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T21:26:55","slug":"ronaldo-united-situation-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/27\/ronaldo-united-situation-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano Reveals What Cristiano Ronaldo Told Erik ten Hag &#8216;in the Last 24 Hours&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cristiano Ronaldo returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/27\/fabrizio-romano-manchester-united-frenkie-de-jong\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a>\u2019s training ground on July 26 to meet with the club and discuss his future as a United player. It has since been reported that the situation remains unresolved; Ronaldo is adamant about playing Champions League football and has told manager Erik ten Hag he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1552359745360650241?s=21&amp;t=vXqkhhsHgQIBEOSSTGPxyA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cwants to leave\u201d<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Cristiano Ronaldo Sights Set Away From Manchester<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No changes yet for Cristiano Ronaldo situation. Manchester United insist he\u2019s not for sale, Cristiano told ten Hag in the last 24h that he still wants to leave. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His agent Jorge Mendes will try again to find a solution. Waiting strategy on, as last year with Juventus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6CjzS8WSdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6CjzS8WSdA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1552359745360650241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Ronaldo\u2019s Best Efforts Rendered Useless<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News broke of the 37-year-old\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/cristiano-ronaldo-manchester-united-transfer\/mcRLqZDo8fXJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">desire to leave<\/a> at the beginning of July. Ronaldo did not attend the club\u2019s pre-season training nor their tour of Australia and Thailand, due to personal reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His agent, Jorge Mendes, has since met with clubs in order to seek a suitable transfer away for his player and even <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3383475\/2022\/06\/25\/ronaldo-chelsea-boehly-mendes\/?source=emp_shared_article\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">met<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/27\/timo-werner-transfer-juventus\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> co-owner <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/27\/petr-cech-departs-stamford-bridge\/\" target=\"_self\">Todd Boehly<\/a> before manager Thomas Tuchel ultimately rejected the offer of Ronaldo moving to West London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United were unable to secure a place in the Champions League last season following a lacklustre campaign overall. The Portugal international provided 24 goals across all competitions and finished as the team\u2019s top goal scorer in 2021\/2022.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He finished third in the Premier League\u2019s Golden Boot race having netted 18 times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>The Latest<\/h4>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano tweeted an update, saying: \u201cNo changes yet for Cristiano Ronaldo situation. Manchester United insist he\u2019s not for sale<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCristiano told Ten Hag in the last 24h he still wants to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romano added: \u201cHis agent Jorge Mendes will try again to find a solution. Waiting strategy on, as last year with Juventus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanshrager\/status\/1552298694346969089?s=21&amp;t=vXqkhhsHgQIBEOSSTGPxyA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Shrager<\/a> has reported that Ronaldo\u2019s eagerness to leave and United\u2019s reluctance to sell may \u201cfurther complicate an exit\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed: \u201cChelsea are no longer an option; Atletico Madrid has many elements to solve but remains possible\u201d and that there are \u201cdevelopments anticipated in coming days\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/preston-loan-manchester-united-u23-player\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Loan Out Former Real Madrid Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the forward was to complete a transfer to Atletico Madrid, it would likely tarnish the relationship built with the Real Madrid fans during his successful time at the club.<\/p>\n<h3>United&#8217;s Options if Ronaldo Gets His Move<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst United have shown more ambition in the transfer market in recent weeks with the additions of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/02\/what-tyrell-malacia-bring-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Tyrell Malacia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/manchester-united-christian-eriksen-training\/\" target=\"_self\">Christian Eriksen<\/a> and Lisandro Martinez, they have not yet sought out a replacement forward for the potential departure of Ronaldo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their main option heading into the new season would be Anthony Martial, should Ronaldo get his desired move, and while the Frenchman&#8217;s pre-season showing has been very promising, he has struggled to perform for the Red Devils since his scintillating form over two years ago at the end of the 2019\/20 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/27\/manchester-united-double-swoop-antony-martinez\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Could Complete \u00a3141 Million Double Swoop for \u2018Perfect\u2019 Duo\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United\u2019s training ground on July 26 to meet with the club and discuss his future as a United player. It has since been reported that the situation remains unresolved; Ronaldo is adamant about playing Champions League football and has told manager Erik ten Hag he \u201cwants to leave\u201d. 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