![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mendes-relationship-with-ferguson-as-ronaldo-transfer-saga-rumbles-on/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Oscar-Del-Calcio-AIC-Italian-Football-Awards.jpg&description=Engineering an exit in football is never easy, no matter what your status in the game. So when Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson and Jorge Mendes are involved in the matter, it's rather a big deal. For the last four months, Manchester United legend Ronaldo has been attempting to leave Old Trafford, but he's yet to get his wish after the Red Devils were reluctant to offload him in the summer transfer window. Super-agent Mendes is still tasked with making sure his megastar client's gets his way soon enough, though, just as he was in 2008 when he was dealing with Ferguson, then United boss as a opposed to his advisory role these days. 14 years ago, during Ronaldo's first and more harmonious stint in Manchester, the No.7 wanted to join Spanish giants Real Madrid, having just won the Champions League off the back of three successive Premier League titles. Mendes and Ferguson had, of course, dealt with one another plenty of times prior to Ronaldo's insistence to depart in 2008, but the agent and manager strengthened their relationship when they ended up on the exact same page regarding the forward's future. Back in 2017, Ferguson praised the "amazing" Mendes for his sacrificing personal gain in order to convince Ronaldo to stay at Old Trafford for one more year and the betterment of his career. "At the time, [Ramon] Calderon was running for Real Madrid's presidency and used Cristiano as a reason to vote for him, which was unseemly of him," the Scot told France Football. "I took the plane to Lisbon to meet Cristiano in [Portugal manager] Carlos Queiroz's house. I told him, 'You are not leaving this year. I do not want to sell you to Calderon. But if you play well, you will leave later'. "Jorge Mendes was amazing. He did not want Cristiano to leave. He felt that he was not ready. He put his financial interests aside as well as those of the player – all that money he could have won – for Cristiano's career, including that amazing 2008-2009 season. "He knew that I would no){kind=link}
Cristiano Ronaldo still wants out of Manchester United but his agent, Jorge Mendes, is straddling to maintain a good relationship with various Old Trafford bigwigs
Engineering an exit in football is never easy, no matter what your status in the game.
So when Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson and Jorge Mendes are involved in the matter, it’s rather a big deal. For the last four months, Manchester United legend Ronaldo has been attempting to leave Old Trafford, but he’s yet to get his wish after the Red Devils were reluctant to offload him in the summer transfer window.
Super-agent Mendes is still tasked with making sure his megastar client’s gets his way soon enough, though, just as he was in 2008 when he was dealing with Ferguson, then United boss as a opposed to his advisory role these days. 14 years ago, during Ronaldo’s first and more harmonious stint in Manchester, the No.7 wanted to join Spanish giants Real Madrid, having just won the Champions League off the back of three successive Premier League titles.
Mendes and Ferguson had, of course, dealt with one another plenty of times prior to Ronaldo’s insistence to depart in 2008, but the agent and manager strengthened their relationship when they ended up on the exact same page regarding the forward’s future.