Which club will Cristiano Ronaldo play for next season? The question of the future of the Manchester United superstar remains open. If Spanish football fans have their way, the Portuguese will definitely not play for Atlético Madrid.
A year ago, Cristiano Ronaldo is the celebrated hero. He’s back at Manchester United. At the club that once paved the way for his world career. Sport-wise, the Portuguese is putting in a solid season, but he didn’t become the hero he was meant to be. Even Ronaldo cannot prevent the sporting debacle of the proud club. Instead of playing in the Champions League next season, the Red Devils will play in the Europa League. For the Portuguese superstar, that’s not the stage he wants to present himself on. As a result, he is keen to leave United again.
The only problem is that apart from a club from the Arab world, nobody seems to want to sign CR7. Or you can’t for financial reasons. And who hasn’t been traded? FC Bayern. Chelsea FC. Paris St Germain. Even FC Barcelona and Manchester City have been boiling hot on the hotplates of the rumor mill. But the pans of rumors cooled just as quickly.
Now a new speculation is causing a lot of excitement. And outrage. Suddenly Atlético Madrid is considered a possible buyer. Ironically, Atlético, the workers’ club with bully coach Diego Simeone. Ronaldo has not played more competitive games against any other club (37), only against Sevilla he scored more goals than against the Colchoneros (25). It is therefore not surprising that Atlético supporters publicly protested against the attacker’s commitment.
The hashtag “ContraCR7” spread like wildfire via Twitter. During his nine years at Real Madrid, Ronaldo inflicted several painful defeats on the city rivals – most notably the two bankruptcies in the Champions League finals in 2014 and 2016. Ronaldo is even said to be willing to part with Atlético on his current annual salary of about 30 million euros. A circumstance that shouldn’t matter to the fans of Atlético Madrid, the majority of the supporters have already positioned themselves clearly.
Meanwhile, the English “Sunday Mirror” reports that for Manchester anyway, a maximum of one loan deal from the superstar is possible. The explosive union of Ronaldo and Atlético would therefore be limited in time. Well, what now, world football legend Cristiano Ronaldo?