Ronaldo struggled with 'super agent' Jorge Mendes

At the end of November, Man Utd terminated Ronaldo's contract half a year early, not long after a controversial interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored. The 37-year-old striker started the search for a new destination, after losing to Morocco in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup with Portugal.

According to the Spanish newspaper AS, tensions between Ronaldo and Mendes "spill" over the past time. The reason is that many clubs ignore the 56-year-old "super agent" and approach Ronaldo directly to negotiate a potential transfer.

Antero Henrique - Sports Director of the Qatar Stars League - directly met Ronaldo to express his desire to bring him back to the Gulf country after the 2022 World Cup. According to AS, Henrique hopes Ronaldo will join. a Qatari club, but Mendes is working on a different proposal.

Earlier, Spanish daily Marca reported that Ronaldo reached an agreement to join Saudi Arabia Al Nassr club with a salary of $ 200 million for a two-and-a-half year contract. However, the Portuguese striker denied this rumor.

Mendes has represented Ronaldo since he left Sporting Lisbon to join Man Utd in 2003. According to AS, it is not the first time there has been tension in the partnership of the two sides, when the relationship is like blood. They have had many "ups and downs" over the years. A similar incident happened when Ronaldo wanted to leave Juventus to find a new club last summer.

According to the British newspaper Sportmail, the desire to continue playing in the Champions League clubs with a high salary is now almost impossible for Ronaldo. Before leaving Man Utd, the 37-year-old striker received a weekly salary of nearly $ 600,000, the contract was valid until June 2023.

On December 14, sports news site Madrid Revelo reported that Ronaldo was training at Real's Valdebebas sports center, four days after Portugal was eliminated from the 2022 World Cup. The owner of the five Golden Balls was awarded by the old club. allowed to practice on a different field than the training ground of the Real first team. Ronaldo wants to maintain fitness and form for the second half of the season, while negotiating to find the next stop.

Ronaldo's appearance at Valdebebas on the morning of December 14 is said to have surprised many people. Many academy players want to meet and take pictures with the Portuguese striker. Revelo emphasized that Real's "green light" for Ronaldo to practice is a testament to the strong relationship between the two sides.

At the end of November, Diario Sport reported that Ronaldo's agent had contacted Real for the client to replace Karim Benzema in the last six months of the 2022-2023 season. President Florentino Perez is said to still have a good relationship with Ronaldo, although the Portuguese striker moved to Juventus in the summer of 2018. But in a conversation with a fan in August, he once ruled out the possibility of re-signing CR7. . At that time, Perez said: "He's going to be 38 years old."

Ronaldo played for Real from 2009-2018, and became the player with the most goals in the team's history. In 438 games, he scored 450 goals in all competitions, a rate of more than one goal per game, won 15 trophies, including four Champions Leagues and two La Ligas.