Revealed: The real reason why Cristiano Ronaldo was not signed by Chelsea in 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo has chances to leave Old Trafford within the remaining days of the transfer window. But, the Portugal captain was linked with a move to Chelsea in the beginning of the transfer window. 

Now, the reason behind Chelsea not going through with the move has been revealed. And it is actually because of a conversation that Thomas Tuchel had with Ralf Rangnick, who managed Manchester United during the latter half of the season. 

Real reason behind Chelsea’s rejection of Cristiano Ronaldo revealed 

Here is what Rangnick had to say about the five-time Ballon d’Or winner: ‘Cristiano Ronaldo, and I’m not blaming him at all, he did great in those games.

‘But he’s not a pressing monster. He’s not a player, even when he was a young player, who was crying, shouting “hooray, the other team has got the ball, where can we win balls?”

‘The same with quite a few other players so we had to make some compromises at one stage, maybe we made a few too many – that’s also possible.’ 

One of the main reasons behind Tuchel not wanting to build his attack around Ronaldo was his unwillingness to press. His age is not doing him any favours either, which has limited the energy he is able to expend on the pitch. 

So, even though Todd Boehly wanted to sign the forward, the fact that he would not fit into the system has ruled him out as an option for the German tactician.