Engineering an exit in football is never easy, no matter what your status in the game.
So when Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson and Jorge Mendes are involved in the matter, it's rather a big deal. For the last four months, Manchester United legend Ronaldo has been attempting to leave Old Trafford, but he's yet to get his wish after the Red Devils were reluctant to offload him in the summer transfer window.
Super-agent Mendes is still tasked with making sure his megastar client's gets his way soon enough, though, just as he was in 2008 when he was dealing with Ferguson, then United boss as a opposed to his advisory role these days. 14 years ago, during Ronaldo's first and more harmonious stint in Manchester, the No.7 wanted to join Spanish giants Real Madrid, having just won the Champions League off the back of three successive Premier League titles.
