CRISTIANO RONALDO’S camp will step up their efforts to get him a move to Manchester City this week.
The champions saw their hopes of landing England captain Harry Kane finally dashed on Wednesday.
And the United legend will hope it could open the door for him to make a sensational return to Manchester.
Ronaldo, 36, is looking to engineer a move out of Juventus before the transfer window closes on Tuesday.
City have been cool on the prospect of signing him since reports first surfaced earlier this month and that remains the case.
But Pep Guardiola is now faced with continuing a busy season without replacing all-time record goalscorer Sergio Aguero.
So it will be up to Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes to put forward a proposal which would tempt the City hierarchy to change their minds.
City made no secret of their wish to land Kane – and were convinced he wanted to come and join them.
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That would normally be enough to see a deal get done and personal terms would not have been a problem.
But the champions have shown in the past they will not be held to ransom.
They walked away from moves for Harry Maguire, Jorginho and Alexis Sanchez because in the end they did not feel they were getting good value.
And there was no way they were going to pay north of £150 million for a 28-year-old – no matter how good he is.
With Daniel Levy unwilling to negotiate, it became clear in recent days they were not going to hit a figure that suited both parties.
Even up until Tuesday night, there was hope at City that the Spurs chairman would be willing to negotiate – yet he did not come to the table.
So Kane’s announcement on Wednesday lunchtime that he would be staying at Tottenham finally drew a line under the big transfer saga of the summer.
City sources now expect £100m record buy Jack Grealish will be the only addition to the squad in the current transfer window.
And Guardiola said on Saturday he will not moan if that turns out to be the case.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
