CR7 broke off the relationship with the Portuguese, his lifelong manager, after his explosive departure from Manchester United. Now, the dialogue they had at the time has come to light, with the Portuguese looking at all costs to stay in the highest competitions in Europe.
Cristiano Ronaldo has already made his debut for his new club, Al-Nassr, even captaining the team. Much has been said about his luxurious salary, which even exceeds the total value of the national championship, however, the transfer took place right after the Portuguese ended his long relationship with the representative. jorge mendes . Now, more details have been released in this regard, indicating that Going to Saudi Arabia was not CR7’s biggest wish.
This was reported by El Mundo, a Spanish media. In the publication it is stated that the historical striker of Real Madrid He gave his ex-manager an ultimatum after his controversial departure from Manchester United. On this occasion, the Portuguese would have demanded of Mendes: “Either you have me Chelsea or Bayern, or we break up” which would be related to their want to play the Champions League a competition which the Red Devils were unable to qualify for.
The manager’s response wasn’t what Cristiano expected: “you are crazy” , replied Jorge Mendes . In this way, the transfer to neither of the two clubs in which CR7 aspired to play could not be finalized. Reports from England indicate that the representative has contacted several clubs to offer them the all-time top scorer in Portugal, with the Bayern Munich and the chelsea being the main stakeholders, however, both teams abandoned the idea.
On behalf of Chelsea, then Technical Director, Thomas Tuchel , he wasn’t quite convinced with the idea of bringing the player. In the case of Bayern, Olivier Kahn executive director of German distribution, said the Portuguese “it did not fit with his philosophy” . Later, it was reported that both clubs closed the door on Ronaldo when they found out the footballer had missed out on pre-season with Manchester United.
Thus, the Euro 2016 champion could not sign for a club that played in the highest club competition of the old continent, which resulted in the arrival of his current team, Al-Nassr.
The link between CR7 and Jorge Mendes
The relationship between El Bicho and Mendes began in the early football career when he was just beginning to be known in the Sporting Lisbon . Subsequently, the representative accompanied Ronaldo throughout his career , his greatest successes and his worst falls. It is even named as one of Cristiano’s most reliable people . In fact, the five-time Ballon d’Or was the witness of the marriage of the prestigious representative in 2015.
However, everything has reportedly slowly started to fall apart after Ronaldo’s surprise departure from Real Madrid. At that time, according to El Mundo, the native of Madeira would have sought be a free agent to match his salary to what he received Lionel Messi at the time . His manager at the time reportedly recommended: “Stay at Real Madrid, you will be protected. If you go out, it will be worse” but Cristiano paid little attention to it, which sealed his departure for Juventus in Italy.
Recently, the straw that broke the camel’s back was the controversial interview CR7 had with journalist Piers Morgan , where he exploded against Manchester United and threw darts without remorse. On this occasion, the footballer mentioned that the red devils they made one “black sheep” . Additionally, he fired the team’s current technical director, Erik Ten Hag, stating that: “I don’t have any respect for him because he doesn’t show me respect. If you don’t have respect for me, I will never have it for you.”
His representative at the time was not at all fond of his client’s controversial comments, which triggered the definitive rupture of the relationship between the two . In this way, its new and current representative is also Portuguese Ricardo Regufe who is a close friend of the Bug and had some influence on the decisions he made during the last years of his sports career.
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