The former Juventus player to Rmc: “Cristiano had various options. He said he would never go to Arsenal, while for the others…”
In 2018, before joining Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to go to Paris Saint-Germain. The background to the transfer is revealed by the former Juventus player and teammate of the Portuguese at Manchester United, Patrice Evra, who spoke about it during his speech on the podcast ‘Rothen s’enflamme sur RMC’. The words “Yes, Cristiano had several options on the table: Chelsea, Juventus, PSG, Arsenal… – revealed the former Juventus full-back -. He said he would never go to Arsenal while he was very interested in the Paris project.” If the transfer to the French capital had materialized, in that PSG, at the time coached by Thomas Tuchel with Thiago Motta as assistant, CR7 would have been added to an already stellar attack that could count on Mbappé, Neymar, Cavani, Di Maria and a very young Timothy Weah. A choice, that of playing in France and in Ligue1, which according to Evra would not have created any problems for the five-time Ballon d’Or winner: “They can criticize him all they want but he would have managed to adapt without problems. He would have made an effort. Look what he is doing in Arabia, he is now a Saudi.”
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Meanwhile, again from Saudi Arabia, in the last few hours a rumor has begun to circulate according to which CR7 is considering a loan transfer to Al-Hilal’s rivals of Neymar (leaving for Inter Miami), Koulibaly and Milinkovic. Savic, to be able to compete in the Club World Cup next June. “It seems like science fiction to me – Esteve Calzada, CEO of Al-Hilal, immediately denied it –. Ronaldo is not our player and for this reason it is difficult to imagine something like this now. He’s not even a free agent, it’s not nice to talk about it.”