The future of Cristiano Ronaldo opens the chance of an obscene PSG and activates the departure of Mbappé

08/24/2021 14:05

• Clarín.com

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Updated 08/24/2021 2:05 PM

Nobody could imagine that after the shock that the departure of Lionel Messi from Barcelona to Paris Saint Germain generated in world football there would be room for other market movements of a similar caliber.

But with a week left until the transfer market closes, there are still a couple of heavy hitters who can detonate more bombs.

The great unknown surrounds the future of Cristiano Ronaldo. Although from Italy they assure that the Portuguese will continue in Juventus, the versions that speak of a transfer continue to circulate in the air of Turin. The club that appears in the last hours is Manchester City. Although the PSG chance is still valid. And there the possibility would open up for another brilliant move: the departure of Kylian Mbappé from the French club, bound for Real Madrid?

As in the recent remembered past that united them to resume the glory days on European ground and lift the Champions League three times, Real Madrid embraces Cristiano Ronaldo.

This time he does not do it to try to repatriate him, but to use it as a key to open a long-standing negotiation and try to accelerate in this window of passes through Mbappé.

Just thinking about it, it would be a knockout blow for a Barcelona that was already in the doldrums in LaLiga and now starts a tough reconstruction after Messi's departure. 

For now, the first piece that should move would be that of CR7.

According to the Italian newspaper

La Gazzetta Dello Sport

, if the Portuguese leaves Juve, his new destination will be Pep Guardiola's City.

Although the operation is complex.

Ronaldo was a substitute on Sunday in the 2-2 draw against Udinese.

Photo MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP

Is that City's first option is to add

Harry Kane

, for whom he made an initial offer of 87 million euros.

But for Tottenham, the forward is worth 175 million and

Daniel Levy

, president of the English club, assured more than once in recent months that his captain is not for sale.

The

Daily Mail

newspaper

says at this time that Kane's move to the City is practically "impossible."

And although the sky blue team would be willing to raise the bet and offer 146 million euros to try to convince Levy, it keeps its possibilities open and that of adding Ronaldo, from past Manchester United, its classic rival - another team that had sounded in a moment as a new destiny-, is one of them.

The possibility of the Portuguese going to City is also the best opportunity for Juventus.

Because the Italian club wants

Gabriel Jesús

to replace Ronaldo and an operation with Manchester could end up including the Brazilian, who has played for the English club since 2017, as part of a trade.

Is the chance of PSG closed?

Not yet, although it seems increasingly distant.

And here appears another central protagonist in this story that for now is written all in potential: Kylian Mbappé.

🎙 MBAPPÉ: "Against Barça it was the best game of my career".

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- Madrid Sports (@MadridSports_) August 24, 2021

There is a specific question: the French striker rejected the last renewal offer and the Parisian team fear that the crack will leave in June 2022 with the pass in his possession and without leaving a single euro, as happened with Messi in Barcelona.

For this reason, the "sale" poster already surrounds the world champion striker, although it remains to be known in which market they will seek to transfer him and to which destination.

According to the French press, the idea of ​​the club would be to have him until the end of the year and not to leave in the current transfer market, although the chance of incorporating Cristiano Ronaldo could change the scenario and accelerate the deadlines.

In that equation, the calls that Real Madrid has been making will be resumed immediately to try to bring positions closer and close a historic transaction. 

Is there room for a PSG with Neymar-Cristiano Ronaldo-Messi?

At the moment, the Parisian team has already begun to think of a plan "C" for when they do not have Mbappé and it is the Brazilian

Richarlison

, Neymar's friend and Everton player.

Meanwhile, Mbappé gave an extensive interview with the American magazine Esquire in which he referred to coexistence with the great stars and how he feels in that elite that he integrates.

Mbappé has not yet arranged the renewal of his contract that expires in mid-2022. Photo: REUTERS / Stephane Mahe

"Messi and Ronaldo are incomparable. They have broken all the laws of statistics, they had 10 or 15 extraordinary years. I watch the games of other great players to see what they do and I think other players watch me too. That drives footballers to raising his performance, just like Messi was good for Ronaldo and Ronaldo was good for Messi, "said the 22-year-old forward.

And how were the first days with Neymar?

"I am not going to step on your garden. I will be a candidate for the Ballon d'Or this year because you will not be, but I promise you that I do not want to take your place," Mbappe told the Brazilian.

And he deepened: "In Brazil they are more festive, in France more serious. Here it is not considered good to show your passions. People will think that PSG neglects because he plays poker. I think he has begun to understand it. At first it was difficult for him, because he experienced it as an affront ”.

In another order, he admitted that "France does not have the best league in the world" but that from his role as an emblematic footballer he feels "the responsibility to help the league grow."