Cristiano Ronaldo urged to sign for Liverpool, arrive in January

If there was a time when Cristiano Ronaldo was wanted by several of the continent's biggest clubs, even as he neared the end of his career, that time has passed. Once he left Juventus, Manchester City were interested in him, as were Bayern Munich and even Chelsea, the latter two of whom had enquired about him until the summer, but all that is now history and each of those clubs, including Kylian Mbappé's PSG, have closed the door on him. But not only those, Jorge Mendes receives the hardest refusal, the one that leaves the Portuguese with only one way out.

And if Paris Saint-Germain itself has communicated, according to The Athletic, that it is not interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo in the near future, that he is not in their future plans; now it has been Sporting Lisbon, according to The Sun, the club where he was born, who have said that there is nothing with the striker and that there is not going to be, which leaves CR7 in an almost desperate position for January.

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Bear in mind that Manchester United have already taken harsh action against the striker's rebelliousness, ranging from financial penalties to expulsion and termination of his contract, and in those, it seems, the striker has everything to lose. But it is not at this point that CR7 and Jorge Mendes have made a mistake, but in the middle of their ordeal: publicly picking on his coach and United in an interview has upset the football world in general, and all of it has closed the doors on Cristiano Ronaldo.

Real Madrid were the first after his departure from Turin, which has been joined by all the other big clubs mentioned, including the Portuguese club, and now Mendes is letting Cristiano Ronaldo know that perhaps his best option, perhaps his only option, will be to go outside Europe, to the United States or a lesser league, to earn money and stay active if he wants to try to make it to the next European Championship. And even the latter will not be easy: he has also been rejected by his national teammates, so he is cornered. Right now, CR7 is a liability. It seems unbelievable.

A clear path for Liverpool

With Liverpool noticing that Cristiano Ronaldo has begun to be erased from all sides by Manchester United, the Merseyside outfit have begun to orchestrate a series of possibilities to bring the Portuguese star to Anfield and make him their new striker for 2023, with his possible arrival convenient as the club is about to make a clean sweep of the squad to make room for reinforcements.