Borussia Dortmund boss denies contact for Ronaldo transfer
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While rumors arose of a desire for the Portuguese striker to join the German club, Hans-Joachim Watzke closed the door to this possibility.
“Cristiano Ronaldo and Borussia Dortmund. At first glance, it looks charming. I love this player, he is one of the greatest players the world has ever seen. But there is absolutely no contact between the stakeholders and therefore no transfer“. Not without a touch of irony, Borussia Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke denied rumors of Cristiano Ronaldo’s possible arrival in Dortmund on Friday at a press conference.
However, according to some media, Cristiano Ronaldo would be interested in Borussia Dortmund where he would be guaranteed to play in the Champions League this season, which is not the case at Manchester United. He would also have one more challenge to take up in his immense career: winning the German championship, after being crowned in Spain, Italy and England. But Borussia, which lost its Norwegian center forward Erling Haaland in the offseason to Manchester City, does not seem interested in believing Hans-Joachim Watzke. “We must invest even more in young people and we are playing the top talent card. It is surely a strategy. But we must also expect that these players after two or three seasons will leave us.“, he underlined, implying that a 37-year-old player, the age of Cristiano Ronaldo, does not fully fit into the philosophy of Borussia.
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To replace Haaland, BVB have recruited Sébastien Haller, who will be out for several months due to testicular cancer diagnosed a few days after signing for Dortmund. To compensate for this absence, Borussia has recruited Anthony Modeste and is banking on its young people, in particular Youssoufa Moukoko (17) or Karim Adeyemi (20).
Quintuple Ballon d’Or (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), CR7 is still under a one-year contract with Manchester United. He had skipped the resumption of training for the Red Devils in July, then the tour of Asia and Australia. This absence had been seen by many British media as an expression of the star’s desire to leave Manchester, sixth in the Premier League and not qualified for the prestigious Champions League. However, he played the 90 minutes during ManU’s rout at Brentford (4-0) a week ago, for the second day of the English championship, which plunged the Mancunians to last place in the Premier League.
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