{"id":21995,"date":"2022-06-26T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/26\/sporting-lisbon-confident-of-cristiano-ronaldo-return-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2022-06-26T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T16:01:02","slug":"sporting-lisbon-confident-of-cristiano-ronaldo-return-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/26\/sporting-lisbon-confident-of-cristiano-ronaldo-return-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Lisbon \u2018confident\u2019 of Cristiano Ronaldo return this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s first club Sporting Lisbon are reportedly \u2018confident\u2019 of a return this summer for the six-time Ballon D\u2019or winner as he considers an exit from Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The striker re-joined Manchester United from Juventus in the summer of 2021, and fired in 24 goals across all competitions in an otherwise awful season for the Red Devils, with poor form under both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and interim boss Ralf Rangnick.<\/p>\n<p>And, despite being happy both in Manchester and with Erik ten Hag, it is thought that he would not be against a move away should it emerge.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Mendes, the star\u2019s agent, met new Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to discuss other options, in which the idea of Ronaldo joining Chelsea emerged, though it is not expected to be followed up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? EXCL: Todd Boehly met Jorge Mendes in Portugal last week. Idea of Cristiano Ronaldo to Chelsea among subjects discussed. Unclear if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a> will pursue. Man Utd expect him to stay. 37yo loves <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> but has concerns. With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dansheldonsport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dansheldonsport<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pHXelZAIIb\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/pHXelZAIIb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1540758077888135170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As per the Athletic, \u2018although his affection for the club is undoubted, the former\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/team\/real-madrid\/\">Real Madrid<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/team\/juventus\/\">Juventus<\/a> forward is thought to harbour concerns about United\u2019s lack of transfer activity so far this summer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>For their part, those at Old Trafford do not expect him to depart this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Sporting Confident<\/h2>\n<p>Despite this however, Sporting are reportedly confident in luring Ronaldo back to his native Portugal with the promise of silverware this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/manchester-united\/2022\/06\/26\/62b8405b46163fd1188b45b3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marca<\/a> claims that \u2018the Portugal international wants to make the most of any chance of silverware and that could see him move on\u2019, with his mother having previously spoken about her desire to see him back playing in Lisbon before he retired.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I already told him: \u2018Son, before I die I want to see you return to Sporting\u2019, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/manchester-united\/2022\/06\/26\/62b8405b46163fd1188b45b3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed on a podcast<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>With Champions League football no longer on offer at Old Trafford, Ronaldo could use it as a chance to finally complete his career circle.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/why-manchester-united-fans-should-be-excited-about-erik-ten-hags-arrival\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Why Manchester United fans should be excited about Erik ten Hag\u2019s arrival<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/sundays-transfer-rumours-ronaldo-neymar-de-jong-martinez-sterling-and-more\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Sunday\u2019s transfer rumours: Ronaldo, Neymar, De Jong, Martinez, Sterling and more<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s first club Sporting Lisbon are reportedly \u2018confident\u2019 of a return this summer for the six-time Ballon D\u2019or winner as he considers an exit from Manchester United. The striker re-joined Manchester United from Juventus in the summer of 2021, and fired in 24 goals across all competitions in an otherwise awful season for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-21995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}