An extraordinary report in The Athletic suggests Napoli could be interested in Cristiano Ronaldo, who has asked to leave Manchester United and was also linked with Roma.

The repeat Ballon d’Or winner told Manchester United he wants to be allowed to walk away if a suitable offer arrives this summer, according to Times Sport, largely because of their failure to qualify for the Champions League.

Now The Athletic writes that Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Napoli are in the running for the Portuguese legend, after some reports suggested Roma were making an approach for him.

While Napoli do have the upper hand over Roma in that they are in the Champions League this season, the move to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona would still be incredibly unlikely.

He only left Serie A last year for Juventus, the arch-rivals of the Neapolitans, while Napoli have also been enacting a cost-cutting exercise to lower the wage bill. This left Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens as free agents, but Kalidou Koulibaly could be sold if he refused to reduce the amount.

All these factors, frankly, make the idea that Naples will take over Ronaldo's salary unlikely.

There may be a way to pay the transfer fee. In short, Naples is the only big club in Italy that manufactures its own kits.

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