And just like that, Manchester United are now in the lead to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.
The player, who seemed on his way to Manchester City, has seen his future change quite drastically in the last few hours, with the Premier League champions making it clear they were no longer interested in him after careful consideration.
Manchester United then appeared out of nowhere, spurred on by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s press conference where the Norwegian manager hinted he would be thrilled to work with the Portuguese forward again, and they are now looking the likeliest to sign him.
Goal Italia journalist Romeo Agresti, who has been on top of matters since the off, took to Twitter to explain that Juventus are now ‘waiting for new from Jorge Mendes and await an official approach from Manchester United’.
Down their end, the red Devils are ‘working on bringing Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford’, in a move that would thrill the vast majority of the red side of Manchester.
#Juventus are waiting for news from Mendes and await an official approach from #ManUnited who are working on bringing CR7 back to Old Trafford ⏳🔴@GoalItalia @goal
— Romeo Agresti (@romeoagresti) August 27, 2021
