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A lot of you may don't know it.
The deal Between Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo was a done deal back in 2003 when he was in Manchester.
They agreed on everything but the deal could not happen because Juventus couldn't make the transfer for Salas.

Ronaldo was dreaming about playing at Juventus very very long time ago as far as I remember and he has made it real as he has been playing there for 3 years. But now maybe it is time for him to make change again. PSG would be an awesome choice as Mbappe and Neymar are also there and his old teammate Di Maria is there too. They could make up a much more powerful team. On the other hand, he has very nice memories about his times at Manchester Utd and maybe going back there also would be great and I'd love to see him playing in the EPL after many years.

We got some rumors back in December.
Juventus will sell Ronaldo only if He asks to leave otherwise He will stay.

The only 2 teams where he can to IMO are PSG or Manchester United.

I think it wouldn't be a good replacement for Atletico at all. Even if Manchester City offer Aguero + €80m (for example), Atletico wouldn't be in profit as Aguero is too far away from his old times. He is also old so why would Atletico want to sell such a young and talented player like J. Felix in return for Aguero? I think it could be no more than just a rumour and Atletico would go for better players if they decide to sell him.

Transfer rumours:

Manchester City are eyeing a potential move for Atletico Madrid's 21-year-old Portugal striker Joao Felix as a possible replacement for Sergio Aguero, who is out of contract in the summer. Aguero is in a big crisis, he hasn't scored a goal in a long time and his great career in Manchester has come to an end, it seems.
Manchester City are also leading the chase for 20-year-old Borussia Dortmund and Norway forward Erling Braut Haaland. What will Real, Bayern and other contenders say about that? 
Lionel Messi's father is set to travel to Barcelona on Monday to discuss the 33-year-old Argentina forward's future at the club with president Joan Laporta. Does that mean that Messi is starting negotiations with Barcelona again and that he has decided to stay at the club?
Discussions between Brazil forward Neymar,  and Paris St-Germain over a new four-year contract continue, with both sides optimistic a deal can be struck. Neymar seems to have given up on returning to Barcelona?
Manchester United will listen to offers for Spain goalkeeper David de Gea. What happened to this goalkeeper who until a few years ago was considered one of the best in the world?

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/56377963

Unfortunately teams in the Eredivisie are just a stepping stone for most young prospects they generate in their own youth academies and scouting system. Their top teams like Ajax, PSV, AZ Alkmaar even though have good ways to develop their players don't have the competition as well as the money in order to maintain these "wonderkids" they are having. Sometimes I consider them as the "Brazil" of Europe where there are a bunch of talent being develop their and the inability to keep their players there is however the good side which they can always profit from the sale of their players which always guarantee that will come at a premium, so overall I don't think it is a bad trade for them as they keep on generating good quality players from their youth system.

I also think Donnarumma is a priority for Chelsea right now. Mendy have been delivering very well as a goalkeeper and kept his position solid keeping the record signing goalkeeper Kepa on the bench. With Donnarumma being signed it would only lead to waste as in talent and money. I don't see a proper point. Also it would be hard for them to sell Kepa as they would have his price tag set high as in order to cover back the value they paid for Kepa and it would be hard for clubs to pay that much to get Kepa in their team as well but before they have to have interest in the player as well.

United would never sell their legend like DeGea. Also he is happy with the chances he is getting and won't leave. Even if United does sell him (which I don't think they will) they still have Dean Henderson who had a quite spectacular season at Sheffield and have rise up to occasions at United also when he is given chances. United is far from the team having goalkeeper'ing troubles.

For Donnarumma the only serious club would be a team with goalkeepering troubles right now and have a good pocket to pay Donnarumma. And I don't think Chelsea and United are the teams who are having troubles with their current goalkeepers to find a high replacement like Donnarumma. Also Donnarumma contract situation with Milan are still in talks and I still think it would end him signing a contract extension for Milan again after some negotiations.

Ronaldo has one year left on his contract now and Juventus still haven't started any negotiation with him to extend his contract. It looks like they may not want to do so. Then, I wonder where Ronaldo would like to go. I don't expect Juventus to let him go for free so I believe that he will leave the team this summer. I'd love to see him at PSG or Real Madrid but maybe he would like to prefer playing in MLS.

I don't believe the rumors of Ronaldo's move anywhere, because in my opinion he is very comfortable playing at Juventus and will end his career
at Juventus. For Messi too, I am also not sure that he will leave Barcelona and move to PSG or Manchester City, because for Messi and Barcelona
have a very strong bond. But to end a career in MLS just might come true, because it has been proven that MLS is a place for many European
players to end their careers. Moreover, already convinced by his wife, it usually comes true. Because according to the survey I read, most husbands
usually follow their wife's advice more.

If Ronaldo wants to leave then Juventus will sell him but I think only 2 teams can afford to pay him

1 Manchester United, Juventus is interested in Pogba
2 Psg, Juventus was interested in Mbappè in 2017 and in Icardi in 2019

I can't see other teams willing to pay him in Covid times.

Gianluigi Donnarumma haves his contract is set to expire in June 2021 so he will be for free to grab Chelsea could sell Kepa and sign Donnarumma so he can challege Mendy for the number1 spot. its always better to have two solid players in one position compete over it they would fight touth and nails for it.
And for United Donnarumma was always a target replacement for DeGea who could be leaving for PSG this summer United wants him to be offloaded as he earns £350,000-a-week.

There is an ongoing rumor that Cristiano Ronaldo will move to Real Madrid after his contract with Juventus is over but the transfer gossip I read now tells a different story entirely that the Paris St-Germain are observing Cristiano Ronaldo's issue at Juventus and also looking for the probability to sign him.
While Messi was likely to move to either PSG or Manchester City before moving to MLS and I read that there chance for him and Fabregas to finish his career there cause their wives convinced them to do so. Source

I don't think Kingsley Coman will the Bayern Munich now maybe in the future because he seems to believe his future is bright at Bayern and Manchester United once make a deal move for him which I think doesn't work out.
Aside from that, Christian Pulisic wasn't happy in Chelsea because he seems not to be wanted under Thomas Tuchel's management.

It looks like FC Bayern München and Kingsley Coman are still negotiating a possible contract extension. Bayern ruled out a transfer of Coman next summer.



Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1370410998407049229 / https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1370405252638388231

The big question still remains what Messi is going to do next season. Since Barcelona is starting to play very well the last game, maybe he will consider just to stay at Barcelona and go for it.

Why will Chelsea be interested in signing another goalkeeper, they just bought Mendy a couple of weeks ago, and he's been fantastic for the blues, they've spent some good money on goalkeepers in the last couple of years, Kepa was a big money signing and he was a flop, now they have a reliable goalkeeper in Mendy, I see no reason to chase Donnarumma that's going to cost them a huge amount.

Having said that, if United are truly interested, then it makes more sense cause David De Gea could be leaving Old Trafford, though I thought United will put more faith in Dean Henderson and prolly sign just a back up keeper, but if they get Donnarumma, Henderson will be more or less a makeshift keeper, cause Gianluigi is much better.

It is really awkward how the hell Ajax let him go for free. Maybe there wouldn't be a so high transfer fee (as his market value is €4m) but still it is not a logical thing to do. Ajax are really one of the best teams when it comes to growing talented players from their youth team and we can easily see that by their great old players. If Brobbey becomes a world-star player in the future, Ajax will really regret for letting him go like this.

The weird part is the free agent deal, it was a transfer for free, I do not know what happened but dude definitely deserved a certain amount of transfer fee, I guess it is about contract or something? I really don't know what the cause is, I really don't but it is definitely an upsetting news to Ajax for sure.

In the end we are talking about Ajax here, sure they may feel a bit of upset over losing a player like this, but the reality is that they are a team that raises players and sell them, think of all the players they raised in the past 20 years and sold to other teams, they are one of the best academies in the whole world and I can think of only Barcelona as a team that raises better players from youth team, sure there are many players raised outside of this two team but Ajax is definitely one of the best teams to find diamonds from youth teams for sure.

I think he still has a couple more years in him.  He deserves one more year at City imo.  He’s loyal to the club and a legend.  I hope City wins the CL..  Then we could finally see him leave on a high note.  Who knows, he could may well be the hero like Drogba was. 

it is a very heavy loss for ajax - and on top of that its a free transfer, so ajax is going away empty handed...

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/official-ajax-youngster-brobbey-joins-rb-leipzig-ldquo-fits-the-profile-very-well-rdquo-/view/news/381806