Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United sponsor to help fund transfer back to Old Trafford – Paper Round

The Daily Mail has picked up a report from Auto Esporte stating that Manchester United sponsors Chevrolet will help finance the move of Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the club for Real Madrid 11 years ago. Now at Juventus, the 35-year-old would still have a great fee and significant salary, but given Ronaldo’s business value, American car company Chevrolet could finance the return of the Portugal captain to Old Trafford.

Paper Round’s opinion: Given that his contract with Juve runs out in 2022, perhaps this is a saga of pending transfers given that he will enter the last 12 months of his contract in the summer. That means speculation about whether Juve will look to profit, where the forward could end up and what the Serie A champions might need to convince him to stay. Be prepared for news of Ronaldo’s transfer to surface weekly, at least.

Following Mino Raiola’s comments that “it’s over” for client Paul Pogba at Manchester United, the British press has been speculating where the Frenchman will end up after quotes from his agent appeared on several subsequent pages. Pogba wants to explore the possibility of a transfer for Real Madrid, and Mirror added that PSG, Manchester City, Juventus and Inter could be other possibilities. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail has urged United to show the door to Raiola and Pogba.

Paper Round’s opinion: Easily forgotten in all of this, but Pogba himself hasn’t said anything publicly for the past 24 hours. No Twitter posts, just a couple of routine Instagram Story workout posts. It is his agent who speaks, and while he may speak on behalf of his client, this should be a reminder for United to avoid doing business with Raiola in the future, as while acquisitions can be talented, it has rarely paid off. long-term. due to unwanted press and subsequent pages. It will be intriguing to see how United play this latest outburst.

Mesut Ozil could leave Arsenal in January, with the Mirror quoting from Fenerbahce congressman Murat Zorlu, who says the deal for the midfielder is 90 percent done. Ozil has been frozen out of the Arsenal squad with Mikel Arteta, not playing since March, while unable to enter the Premier League or Europa League for the current season. His contract expires in the summer, but the club could look to take the German off his salary given that he reportedly makes £ 350,000 a week. Turkey appears to be a possible destination for the 32-year-old.

Paper Round’s opinion: Just do this so it’s no longer a thing. It has been a burden on everyone involved for far too long; too many questions for Arteta, too much money spent on salaries by the club, and too much time wasted by Ozil at a club that clearly didn’t want him in the summer, when the transfer window was still open. Hopefully something can be fixed in January.

Fabinho is poised for a “steep pay raise” in Liverpool, The Guardian reports, and the Brazilian earned the affection of the club he joined from Monaco in 2018 even more after emerging as a more than viable central defender option for cover the loss of Virgil. van Dijk and Joe Gomez to long-term injuries. Fabinho has stepped back from midfield to put on a series of impressive performances for the Premier League champions, who are now eager to reward the 27-year-old with a new contract. His current £ 100,000-a-week contract runs through 2023, and the Reds will look to extend it for two or three seasons.

Paper Round’s opinion: One of the positives of Liverpool’s long list of injury problems. Fabinho has been fantastic at the rear, and with Gomez and Van Dijk potentially out of the season, he will be a key player that the Reds hope to stay in shape if they want to retain the league and go far in the Champions League as well.