Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has told the club’s senior officials to forget about bringing back Cristiano Ronaldo and focus on landing his Real Madrid team-mate, Alvaro Morata.
United had been favourites for Ronaldo, after he apparently told Real that he wants to leave this summer.
However, Mourinho is more keen on Morata, as he seeks a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has been released by the Premier League side.
Morata would also be the cheaper option with a £65million price tag, while it could cost up to £175m to sign Ronaldo. Morata is also keen to leave the Santiago Bernabeu during this transfer window, after struggling for game time under Zinedine Zidane.
He re-signed for Los Blancos for £26m last year but only started 14 league games, netting 15 goals.
However, United are yet to make a bid for Morata yet as Real president Florentino Perez revealed to radio station Onda Cero on Monday night .
“We haven’t received offers for anyone this summer,” he said.
“No one has offered us anything – not for Cristiano, not Morata – not James.
“We have a great team and, when the time comes, we will improve it.”
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