Close to FC Barcelona? Joan Laporta admitted that he had a meeting with Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent

Surprise in LaLiga and in world football? Cristiano Ronaldo has been one of the biggest icons of Real Madrid after his achievements when he was part of the soft club. The Manchester United player informed the English team that he wants to leave and, according to the newspaper AS of Spain, Jorge Mendes, who is the Portuguese representative, met with Joan Laporta to evaluate the arrival of CR7 at FC Barcelona.

The president of Barcelona acknowledged that he had dinner last Monday with Mendes and that they talked about the transfer market in general. In that meeting, Mateu Alemany, the general director of the LaLiga Santander team, was not present.

“I had dinner on Monday with Jorge Mendes and we talked about the market in general. Alemany could not come but Yuste did. But I’m not going to say whether or not he offered me a player. It’s always interesting to talk to him, he’s a great agent.” Laporta said at the presentation of Franck Kessié as a new Barça player.

“Christian? I’m not going to talk about players in one way or another, it could be misunderstood. All footballers deserve respect. It does not contribute anything to the interests of Barça. We have to respect the players who have contracts with other teams.”added the president of FC Barcelona.

Napoli joins the fight for Cristiano Ronaldo

According to information from The Athletic, the Serie A team is interested in the situation of the 37-year-old Portuguese striker. At the moment, more details are unknown regarding whether the southern Italian club contacted the representation of the captain of the Portugal team, led by Jorge Mendes.

The Neapolitans lost important offensive players like Lorenzo Insigne, who will join Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC. While Dries Mertens contract ended on June 30 and there is no progress for a possible continuity. So, on that side, coach Luciano Spalletti must strengthen the team.

It should be remembered that Cristiano Ronaldo still has one season left on his contract with Manchester United. However, the Portuguese wants to play for the rest of his career in the Champions League. This campaign, the ‘Red Devils’ will settle for the Europa League, after being in sixth place in the Premier table for the 2021-2022 academic year.