Sporting Lisbon and Chelsea are the frontrunners to sign Cristiano Ronaldo next after it was announced that he would be leaving Manchester United with immediate effect.
The news broke following last week's Piers Morgan interview where the 37-year-old took aim at United, Erik ten Hag, the Glazers and his former teammates Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney for criticising him. After the second part of the Ronaldo conversation, United released a statement which claimed that they were taking 'appropriate steps' to deal with the situation.
MEN Sport understood that United were weighing up the possibility of sacking and suing the forward for his comments. Then, on Tuesday evening, the Reds revealed that they had parted company with Ronaldo.
