Cristiano Ronaldo has offered Chelsea a huge chance of landing the striker in January by hinting that a potential exit from Manchester United is possible in the new year. It comes after the forward dropped a number of bombshells in an interview with Piers Morgan about his current club.
The 37-year-old is currently on international duty with Portugal for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, hopeful that he can lift the trophy in what is likely his fifth and final appearance in the competition. On his return from the tournament, it remains to be seen if he will make another appearance for United after his explosive interview.
It could hand Todd Boehly another chance to land Ronaldo in the transfer market, having missed the opportunity to do so in the summer, despite holding talks with his agent over a move. It remains to be seen if the interim sporting director will make a return move, but the forward has handed him a huge hope of doing so.
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Ronaldo was asked by Piers Morgan about whether he would be at Manchester United in January in the second part of their interview on TalkTV and he confessed: "It's difficult to tell right now, it’s because, we, my mood is right now to The World Cup. It's probably my last World Cup, of course, my fifth World Cup. I don't know what's gonna happen after the World Cup, but as I told you before, and I will say again, the fans will be always in my heart.
"And I hope they been in my side, even if I back, or if I'm not back, or if I stay or whatever. Nobody's perfect. Episodes in the life we all have is part of the human beings, is part of me to be a human being and father as well. I always will commit mistakes.
"But I don't know, it's hard to tell right now what's going to happen to World Cup because my focus is for the World Cup, for the Portugal national team.”
He continued: "When I arrived at Manchester United, I always be available to help the team to do the good things, to put in the right spots, to compete with the best teams. But it's hard when they cut your legs and they don't like you to shine and they don’t listen to your advice. I think I have words to advise to the club because the trophies are one individual and collective. I think I can help a lot, but when the infrastructure is not good…”
Ronaldo's interview could well spell the end of his second spell at Manchester United. However, that also offers the chance of a switch to Stamford Bridge in January.
Watch Piers Morgan Uncensored: 90 Minutes with Ronaldo at https://watch.talk.tv/ or www.youtube.com/piersmorganuncensored.
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