The troubled European soccer market looks like it had a bomb in store for its final days. As if the move from Lionel Messi to Paris Saint Germain was not surprising enough, now the Italian press assures that Cristiano Ronaldo will go to Manchester City, which would mean a real shock for the transfer window that closes on August 31.
According to what was published by the Italian press, the agreement between Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester City is already sealed, after the player’s agent, Jorge Mendes, arrived in England on Wednesday. It would only remain for City and Juventus to agree on the player who would be part of the payment, which is speculated that it would be Raheem Sterling or the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus.
The intention of Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, was to have Harry Kane, Tottenham’s scorer, to act as center forward. However, the English striker has already confirmed that he will continue with Spurs, so the possibilities in the market, five days after closing, are not too many.
In this context, the possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo appeared, who is not very satisfied at Juventus and would not look down on returning to England. The Portuguese is clear that with Juve he does not have much chance of winning the Champions League, where he suffered premature eliminations in the last two seasons. On the contrary, City has an important backing and much more internal competition, since the Premier League has five or six teams with a chance to win.
Against this background, there is only one point left for the agreement, but it is not a minor detail: the footballer who goes from City to Juventus. And there the first versions point to Sterling, a winger that Guardiola always valued a lot, and to Gabriel Jesus, the Brazilian who most resembles a traditional center-forward. It will be necessary to see if the DT is Spanish is willing to resign to one of them for the arrival of the Portuguese star, who is already 36 years old and seems to have left behind the best moment of his career.
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