Analysing the Transfer Gossip – 12th June: Ronaldo to Monaco?! Lewandowski, David Luiz and more

As we move in to the off-season, an unprecedented amount of managerial movement around Europe will surely see an already frantic transfer market go in to overdrive. This will give plenty of opportunities for transfer rumour and gossip. So how much of it is realistic?

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Monaco are ready to make a world record £85m bid for Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and pay the 28-year-old a £17m annual salary.

Full story: Independent

What’s the story? Well, where has this come from? Mind you, if you’d said Monaco would sign Falcao and James Rodriguez back in April I would have laughed. But this is Cristiano Ronaldo. Monaco are deadly serious about making themselves a ’boutique’ club, and in order to persuade people to pay £2000 to watch a game of football, you need to have reason. Signing Falcao was a game changer but signing Ronaldo would be the most important transfer of all time.
Does it make sense? There is no possible scenario where signing Ronaldo is a bad thing. It doesn’t make sense for him though. Even for £17m a year, why would he go to play in France and out of the Champions League? He belongs on the elite stage.
Is the price right? Yep. Real paid £80m so they’re hardly selling at a loss.
Will it happen? 1/10 – I guess there is a sniff of a chance given the money but it’s so unlikely.