Manchester United already has the ideal candidate to replace Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo returned through the front door to Manchester United in the summer market in Europe. What started as a dream, as the months progressed, has turned into a nightmare. Change of coach, irregularity of the team, unexpected eliminations (FA Cup and League Cup), out of the fight for the Premier League title and, as if that were not enough, possibly without qualifying for the next edition of the Champions League.

All these factors place ‘CR7’ on the starting ramp. In fact, ESPN and the newspaper AS advanced that the Portuguese is thinking about his future away from Old Trafford. The decision is conditional on access to the next Champions League and the coach who arrives (for now Ralf Rangnick is the interim). In this sense, the club’s board does not sit idly by in the face of the possibility of losing the team’s top star.

Thus, the Mirror newspaper reported in recent hours that the favorite to replace Cristiano Ronaldo plays in LaLiga Santander. According to the note in the British newspaper, the one chosen by the high command of the ‘Red Devils’ is Alexander Isak. The 22-year-old Swede who plays for Real Sociedad and who a few days ago was tempted by Arsenal in the winter window that closed on January 31.

In San Sebastián they are clear: the striker will only leave if they put 90 million euros on the table, the value of the clause. So, Manchester United already knows precisely what it must invest in case Cristiano Ronaldo makes good on his threats and leaves the ‘Theatre of Dreams’. Mind you, Isak is expected to be the attacker coveted by three Premier League clubs in the mid-year lead.

The aforementioned English medium assured that Chelsea will enter the race in case Romelu Lukaku does not end up adapting. Likewise, at Stamford Bridge they consider that the other ‘9’, Timo Werner, will not explode as he did in the Bundesliga. So the one born in Solna appears as an interesting alternative. While Arsenal will return to the charge in the following months, but it will depend on qualifying for the Champions League.

Isak, a Swedish international, began his career at AIK in his country. He was then transferred to Borussia Dortmund, he also wore the shirt of Willem II and anchored Real Sociedad from 2019-20. In the three years, the player has scored a total of 33 goals between local and international competitions.