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Despite Will Ford’s willingness to piggy-back him to Saudi Arabia, Cristiano Ronaldo won’t be taking up the offer of nearly a quarter of a billion quid to spend two years in Western Asia. So what now?

Ronaldo has asked to leave Manchester United but, most likely to his surprise, there is no avalanche of offers for the 37-year-old. In fact, the only one on the table was from Saudi. So far, no club in the Champions League, the stage Ronaldo considers his natural habitat, has come forward with a proposal.

Sure, a few have thought about it. Chelsea certainly did, and the allure for Todd Boehly to start his stewardship by signing arguably the game’s biggest superstar must have been tough to resist. But Thomas Tuchel led him away from temptation.

PSG and Napoli both appear to have considered the prospect of taking Ronaldo before opting against doing so while Bayern Munich have once again said ‘thanks but no thanks’, despite Jorge Mendes’ best efforts. Other conversations will have taken place in boardrooms across the continent but they all appear to be reaching a similar conclusion: Ronaldo, right now, isn’t for us.

Bayern director Hasan Salihamidzić tells @Sport1: “I have a lot of respect for Cristiano Ronaldo, his successes and his career. But once again: that was and is not a topic for us”. #FCBayern

Jorge Mendes, still pushing – but now Bayern position has been clarified again. pic.twitter.com/uP1IqUqlrC

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 16, 2022