Ancelotti's tweet denying that he wanted to sign Cristiano is an important part of this whole Mbappé operation. As AS learned, it was a strategic move not to make the French star nervous because yes they had been produced for about a month contacts between Jorge Mendes, agent of the Portuguese, and the white entity to discuss the possible return of Cristiano this summer. Ancelotti welcomed his former pupil as a reinforcement to alleviate the team's goal deficit and was in contact with him, according to Edu Aguirre revealed at El Chiringuito on August 17. First bars of a signing that had the blessing of Cristiano himself, crazy to return to Madrid and more with Carletto commanding. But everything fell apart because from Chamartín it was decided to put all his chips for Mbappé. From that moment, Cristiano's environment was told that his return was ruled out …
As this newspaper was able to know, through a source with first-hand knowledge of the negotiations, the matter between Madrid and Cristiano took such a shape that they even put names on the table to favor the departure of the Portuguese and that there was no need to pay transfer for him. Madrid offered three discards, Isco, Marcelo or Mariano, but Juve said no, although they welcomed a departure from Turin '7'. None of those three Madridistas interested him at the time.
Madrid denied in round sotto voce Being interested in Cristiano and that so clear message from Ancelotti on his social networks, when he is a little interventionist coach in market matters and less in public, was more than intentional not to torpedo the signing of Mbappé. The Bondy star had just seen how Messi took the spotlight off him in Paris and Concha Espina did not want to generate suspicion with the possibility that Cristiano (the top scorer in the club's history) would return to the capital of Spain. It's more, All of this took place on the same dates that, as AS revealed last Wednesday, there was Madrid's first offer for Mbappé sent directly to the Emir of Qatar.
Madrid unplugged the CR7 option and the Madeira Acatant did not take it very well. Hence his anger in an Instagram post in which he asked for “respect” but without mentioning Juventus at any time. Days later it was known why: last Sunday he agreed with the Bianconero club to be a substitute in Udine so as not to jeopardize an immediate transfer … The consequence, despite all this, is that just 10 days later the composition of the photograph it is completely different. Madrid goes with everything for Kylian and has him close while, paradoxically, Cristiano's future is to return to Manchester United.