Chelsea told 'go big for Ronaldo' to solve striker problem and challenge for title CFC MUFC
, something United can’t offer their talisman, having finished outside of the top four in the Premier League last season.
Despite falling short, Ronaldo was United’s top scorer with 18 goals in what was his first Premier League campaign in 14 years. Chelsea, meanwhile, are in need of a new striker to lead their line, and former Blues defender Scott Minto believes the Blues should test United’s resolve and do all they can to sign Ronaldo before the end of the transfer window.
“Cristiano Ronaldo is in a really really poor team, Man United were so poor last season, and yet he scored 18 Premier League goals,” he told the“You can argue that it is all about him [Ronaldo], but you can still sit him down and say: ‘Look we need you to do this, are you willing to do it? If not we won’t come in for you. If you are, we will’.