The last few hours have been crazy for Cristiano’s environment, Juventus and their possible fate
Manchester City have retired from the race to sign Cristiano Ronaldo; they offered to the club, they considered it, but they decided not to go ahead, assured sources to ESPN FC.
These sources have told ESPN that there is now an expectation at the Etihad Stadium that Christian trip to Manchester, But to sign with his rivals, that is, the Units.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has refused to rule out the possibility of Cristiano joining Manchester United saying “he knows we are here”.
Ronaldo seems ready to leave Juventus after telling the club he wants to move before the August 31 deadline and asking him about a return to Old Trafford, Solskjaer flatly refused to rule out a move by the 36-year-old, who has been very badly linked with Manchester City.
“I didn’t think Cristiano would leave Juventus,” Solskjaer told a news conference on Friday. “If you ever want to move away from Juventus, you know we’re here …
“For me he’s the best player of all time. We’ve had some communication and I know Bruno (Fernandes) has been talking to him too. There’s been a lot of speculation in the last few days.
“Let’s see what happens to Cristiano, he’s a legend of this club. I played with him and coached him. He’s a terrible human being.”
City coach Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, has said he believes Ronaldo is unlikely to move to Etihad Stadium before Tuesday’s transfer deadline.
City explored the possibility of signing Ronaldo after Harry Kane promised his immediate future at Tottenham Hotspur.
Christian went to the Juventus Turin sports center on Friday morning to say goodbye to his teammates and left the Italian club’s facilities without training after having already reached an agreement with the Manchester City, According to some Italian media.
The Portuguese will leave the Juventus after three seasons, in which it marked 101 goals in 134 parties and in which it conquered a title of Italian league, a Glass Italy and a Supercopa.