And there we have it, the first to truly believe that Cristiano Ronaldo is ‘going to Manchester United’.
That’s what Corriere dello Sport are claiming on Friday at around 3pm UK time, stating ‘his future will be’ at the Old Trafford club, and not Manchester City.
While ‘everyone saw him one step away from the team of Guardiola’, Manchester United ‘put a two-year contract on the plate, while City’s offer had stopped at a year plus bonus’, making it better and more secure for the player.
Over at Juventus, nothing has changed, as they are still waiting for a club to meet their requests of €25m, which ‘Manchester United has decided to pay’.
This is corroborated in Portugal by Maisfutebol, who explain that ‘when the move to City looked to be heading for a decisive phase, the forward’s reps received an approach from United and the game changed’.
Manchester United’s contract offer are ‘similar to those that Manchester City’ anticipated, and the situation is that ‘Jorge Mendes is negotiating on several boards and intends to close the deal as soon as possible’.
They claim Juventus want €30m, but we’d be more inclined to believe the Italian press on that front.
