{"id":616962,"date":"2022-08-28T09:43:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T13:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616962"},"modified":"2022-08-28T09:43:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T13:43:46","slug":"napoli-cristiano-ronaldo-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/28\/napoli-cristiano-ronaldo-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"From Italy: Manager Speaks Out on Potential Swap Deal Involving Manchester United\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo and \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 \u00a3102 Million Striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the transfer window nears its end, Cristiano Ronaldo promises to be one of the biggest stories. As the days go by more and more clubs get linked with a move for the Portuguese legend.<\/p>\n<p>In Fabrizio Romano&#8217;s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/the-daily-briefing-sunday-28th-august\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Briefing<\/a> he detailed comments from Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti on a potential move for the Manchester United forward. Spalletti stated: &#8220;I\u2019d love to work with\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo, of course &#8211; but there are no talks. De Laurentiis [Napoli president] told me that he has not received anything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s difficult [Ronaldo-Victor Osimhen swap deal] but you should ask our director, Giuntoli&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen, who Napoli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/19639329\/napoli-sell-osimhen-ronaldo-transfer-man-utd\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> value at \u00a3102 million, has won over football fans worldwide, with one journalist calling him <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EduardoHagn\/status\/1443641062120165376?s=20&amp;t=e50dwYskEmt2x7mdhPp-gg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;unbelievable&#8221;<\/a>, but it would be a challenge for such a big transfer to be completed so late in the window.<\/p>\n<h2>Napoli Manager Downplays Cristiano Ronaldo Move<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Napoli manager Spalletti: \u201cI\u2019d love to  work with Cristiano Ronaldo, ofc &#8211; but there are no talks. De Laurentiis [Napoli president] told me that he has not received anything\u201d. \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 <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>\u201cI think it\u2019s difficult [CR-Osimhen swap deal] but you should ask our director Giuntoli\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MgX7bFz7AY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MgX7bFz7AY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1563513260116037633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Ronaldo\u2019s Value<\/h3>\n<p>The 37-year-old has attracted quite a number of suitors thanks to his play on the field. Despite nearing 40 he is still capable of elite quality football, and more importantly, knows how to find the net. In the 2021\/22 season, the Portugal international was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/top-scorers\/manchester-united-top-scorers-2021-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red Devils&#8217; leading scorer<\/a>, doubling the output of his closest competitor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/28\/antony%e2%80%90refuses%e2%80%90to%e2%80%90train%e2%80%90manchester-united-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">28-Goal Star Now Set to Be Left Out of Matchday Squad as Manchester United See Enormous Bid Rejected<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No sane manager in the world would turn down a player scoring 24 goals at such a high level, especially when they have such a strong goal scoring record throughout their career.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the Hesitancy<\/h3>\n<p>Despite his talent on the field and the goals he can score, Ronaldo can only continue this output for so long. Any team signing the forward would be under pressure to win now as there&#8217;s no guarantee that his performance will remain at this level as he enters the twilight of his illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/22\/manchester-united-chelsea-500-million-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United and Chelsea to Lead \u00a3500 Million Transfer Binge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, a player of this stature does not come cheap. It&#8217;s going to be tough to find a team with the necessary space in their wage budget to make a deal worthwhile for both parties. That&#8217;s before factoring in any demands that Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side may have.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What do you think Cristiano Ronaldo and Casemiro are saying to each other? \ud83d\udde3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOUMUN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SOUMUN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CVVpYYqSvH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CVVpYYqSvH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Premier League (@premierleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague\/status\/1563493189268279302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the transfer window nears its end, Cristiano Ronaldo promises to be one of the biggest stories. As the days go by more and more clubs get linked with a move for the Portuguese legend. In Fabrizio Romano&#8217;s latest Daily Briefing he detailed comments from Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti on a potential move for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":616983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18,7188,5],"tags":[369,4293],"class_list":["post-616962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-victor-osimhen"],"modified_by":"Alex Morley, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}