A-League boss Danny Townsend has made an audacious bid to bring world football icon Cristiano Ronaldo to Australia.
Currently preparing for the Qatar World Cup with Portugal, Ronaldo made worldwide headlines this week in an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored when he said he felt his current club Manchester United had “betrayed” him and that he had ”no respect” for Red Devils manager Erik ten Hag.
It‘s almost certain to mean that Ronaldo has played his last match for United and will leave the English Premier League club in January’s transfer window.
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The situation is also understood to have led to Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes shopping his star client around to various clubs and leagues…