Julien Laurens, Guillem Balague and Raphael Honigstein have been considering Ronaldo's future - with the prolific forward having made it no secret that he wants to leave Old Trafford to play in the Champions League.

Julien Laurens, Guillem Balague and Raphael Honigstein have been considering Ronaldo's future - with the prolific forward having made it no secret that he wants to leave Old Trafford to play in the Champions League.

Balague said: "He can't choose where he goes now but no one can talk to him like that. [Diego] Simeone wants him at Atletico but there is no space for him and the fans don't want him.

"There is no space in the wage cap at Atletico and I am sure many clubs think that - he doesn't have a place to go right now."

Ronaldo is the highest-paid player in the Premier League, and his salary puts him out of the reach of many clubs.

Laurens questioned why a player who was a legend at Real Madrid - becoming their all-time leading scorer with 451 goals in 438 appearances - would want to go to city rivals Atletico.

"I find that baffling - just to score a few more Champions League goals? I would struggle with that - I can't get my head around it," said Laurens.

Honigstein said that signing Ronaldo puts a club "on the map" regardless of his age or wage bill.

"Owners and investors start thinking: 'Wow, Ronaldo, amazing - the exposure, the media, merchandise - if we can get him we would be stupid not to.'"

But Ronaldo likes to be the star man - which appears increasingly unlikely at United, given that it remains unclear how he fits into Ten Hag's system.

"We have seen so many clubs and coaches saying they can't see how he is going to fit, they want someone younger or more dynamic," Honigstein said.

Should Ronaldo fail to find a club that will take him, could United be forced into terminating his contract and letting him go for free?

Honigstein said that would be "sensational" but "not out of the question", with the issues in the dressing room said to be becoming toxic to the team environment.

He added: "There is no offer - it would be hard to find a destination for him now."

4teenblaq:
For me, it is better to be in your comfort zone in football than to be moving around, be a legend there and retire. It is because football is something that evolves from one club to another.. The kind of football played from 2008 to 2016 is not the same being played from 2017 to present..

During Ronaldihno era, you can dribble from post to post and score .. During that time CR7 could dribble and did some great skills successfully.. But now the story is not the same, football now is more than dribble.. If you are only a dribbler in football now, you can't make it.

Being in one club can help you abit when the players are being built around you, but that will harm the club progress but make you big( e.g MESSI and BARCA)

The point is moving around won't help you if you are not ready to change your way of playing because clubs have their philosophies (which change time to time due to change in players and contradict yours) and you have to follow it.. That is the evolution..

Even in terms of managers, it is the same thing.. E.g Wenger and mourihno

If he had remained in Madrid, he would've won the CL with them last season.

kenzysmith:
Newcastle united is very much interested they can fund is wages trust me

OJEEMAH:
Person wan play UCL you dey call Newcastle wey no go even qualify for UEL.

thesicilian:
Ronaldo should never have left Real Madrid, I'm sure he regrets that everyday. But now he's at Man U, there's no place else for him to go. He should just retire at Man U and become a technical staff someday

kenzysmith:
do u kW if Rinaldo go to Newcastle today even neymar, pogba, dejong,lukaku will follow suit Rinaldo is bigger than 17 top flight clubs in d EPL as it stands Rinaldo is bigger than manutd football club

OJEEMAH:
Wetin u dey talk sef?

Oga, Ronaldo dey find champions league football. No be Newcastle be him problem.

iykofias:


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62599299

iykofias:
Turns out no champions league club wanted cronaldo, even after numerous plea from him and his agent till the transfer window closed