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Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Manchester United's coaching floor on Tuesday to carry talks over his future on the membership.
Ronaldo has not but educated beneath new supervisor Erik ten Hag after being given permission to overlook the tour of Thailand and Australia on account of private causes.
The Portugal worldwide made an official request to depart United this summer season so he can proceed to play Champions League soccer subsequent season, sources confirmed to ESPN. He returned to United a yr in the past for a second stint at Outdated Trafford and scored 18 objectives in 30 league appearances, however the workforce completed sixth within the Premier League and didn’t qualify for subsequent season's elite European membership competitors.
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Ronaldo, 37, has a contract with the membership till June 2023, with an choice to increase it for an additional yr, however has requested for a switch.
Sources had informed ESPN that United could be open to offloading Ronaldo if a membership exterior the Premier League was ready to tackle the ultimate 12 months of his £500,000-a-week contract.
Nevertheless, Europe's high golf equipment have distanced themselves from making a transfer for the participant. Chelsea dominated themselves out of the working after Ronaldo's agent, Jorge Mendes, met with Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly, who had mentioned the proposal with head coach Thomas Tuchel.
Mendes provided Paris Saint-Germain the chance to debate a transfer however the French champions rejected the potential for signing the ahead, sources informed ESPN. Bayern Munich have additionally dominated out the potential for signing Ronaldo.
Ten Hag mentioned he had a dialog with Ronaldo earlier than information of his intention to depart United, however the pair had not spoken once more forward of the participant's return to the coaching floor on Tuesday.
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"We are planning for Cristiano Ronaldo for the season and that's it. I'm looking forward to working with him," Ten Hag mentioned.
"I have read [that he wants to leave], but what I say is Cristiano is not for sale, he is in our plans and we want success together.
"I spoke with him earlier than this subject got here up, I had a dialog with him and I had speak. That’s between Cristiano and me; what I can verify is we had a extremely good dialog collectively."
Manchester United didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
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