Achi news desk-
What is the least shocking football news, Manchester United has canceled Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract immediately. CR7, who only joined the club in 2021, struggled this year after a stellar 24-goal season last year. Rumors are rife that Chelsea are keen to sign the legend but is he willing to join too?
What led to the termination of the contract was the now infamous interview with outspoken TV host Piers Morgan. In this wide-ranging interview, Ronaldo talks about some executives wanting him to leave the club and some who don’t believe his daughter was ill in the summer.
The 37-year-old had started all four games in a row for The Red Devils but has not played since the 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa on 6th November. With the arrival of Erik Ten Haag as manager, it seemed likely that the Portuguese legend’s time at United was numbered.
Cristiano Ronaldo spoke of being betrayed and disrespected. Perhaps the termination of this contract can help focus some of the criticism about the club’s poor run. This was a matter raised passionately by the former Real Madrid man.
It has been a very contentious issue since the American owners, the Glazer family bought the club. CR7, you deserve a worthy legacy to your career, here’s hoping the next chapter in your life provides that.
We had a discussion at the sports desk about where CR7 will go next. After some disagreements in our office, the consensus is that we think the Portuguese legend will wind up at Chelsea.
Think about it, a Champions League club, a check, an ambitious check and they’ve wanted to sign him too, a huge check!
So, if this is true, how will CR7 fit into the team? Our immediate analysis is that current Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang maybe he’s going back to the bench.
If this is true, one will have to feel for the Gabonese man, one of the unlucky men in football. First, the former Arsenal, who did well at Barcelona, ​​was sent to the bench after Robert Lewandowski joined the club.
It’s never nice to see a player on the bench, especially one as talented as Aubameyang. Ronaldo in his early career was, of course, a winger, with blistering pace that would give opposing full-backs sleepless nights.
As impressive an athlete as CR7 is, he just doesn’t have the body for it, those bursts of speed are constant. Age waits for no one unfortunately. What he lacks in speed, CR7 has in instinct. After hitting his 30s, Ronaldo’s goal scoring stats are insane (300 goals for club and country).
The argument for Chelsea not signing him is Cristiano’s modest goal return this season. To counter this, it can be argued that Ronaldo has not had a long run in the team.
Last season, for example, CR7 scored a fantastic 24 goals, in a struggling Manchester United team. Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has been promoting the Portuguese captain’s singing since he took over the club.
The good points of this signing are that Ronaldo will raise the standards of the club, the man is a legend! He has won five Champions Leagues, many titles and individual titles as well.
To give former Dortmund striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang some comfort, I think he can go out wide, to allow Ronaldo to go down the middle.
One player who will sweat with the potential of the former Manchester United man would be Raheem Sterling. The former Man City man, of course, after a good start to begin with, is not having the best of times in West London at the moment.
Giving Sterling a chance to get out of the firing line and replace him with CR7 could be good for Raheem in the long run. One player who could suffer that we haven’t mentioned is Armando Broja.
Last season’s Southampton loanee turned down permanent moves to fight for his place in West London. So, there you go, we think
Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Chelsea has its positives. CR7 will raise standards on and off the pitch. What we also know now, Cristiano is not afraid to call any complacency either.
Surely it’s a win-win, right?
