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“We Better Bring Back Didier Drogba From Retirement” – Chelsea Fans Ridicule the Idea of Signing Cristiano Ronaldo on a Short-Term Deal Amidst Injury Woes

Published 12/14/2022, 12:00 PM EST

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The FIFA World Cup is fast approaching a dramatic conclusion, and the dream is over for 28 out of 32 teams that participated. It has already witnessed the collapse of favorites like Spain, Portugal, and Brazil and broken the hearts of many fans of individual players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, and Luka Modric. All these players have fan bases that are hard to even comprehend. While the remaining four teams battle for the title, other teams are now on break, and players will soon join their soccer clubs and prepare for the ongoing season. We still don’t have any official announcement about who Ronaldo will be playing for, and speculations are reaching a crescendo.

Ronaldo is currently a free agent seeking a club and a contract. There is an offer on the table from the Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr. The specifics of the offer are not yet clear, but there are reports that suggest an offer in the region of a staggering $213 million per season. 

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Is Cristiano Ronaldo a good option for Chelsea?

Chelsea is not having a great season. Currently, they are standing at 8th in the Champions League and their forward Armando Broja recently got injured and is out for the entire season. Chelsea is working its way toward a deal with French forward Christopher Nkunku, but that deal will be finalized in the summer of 2023.

One fan had put forward the name of Cristiano Ronaldo, as he is available. The tweet ripped the community apart as fans neither supported nor refuted the idea. Here are a few fan reactions:

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The latest developments in Chelsea’s case

Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has said that the club doesn’t want to fast-track the Nkunku deal. According to Romano, the club is eyeing another forward player, although he didn’t provide any names.

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It would make sense for them to look for a new striker as the team has only scored 17 goals this season. The team has a lower goal count than Leicester City and Leeds United.

Talking on this, Romano said, “Christopher Nkunku is expected to join in the summer so they will look at other players. Now it’s still early to say who are the serious candidates. Chelsea will explore many options, but the idea is to sign a new striker in January to replace Broja.”

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What will happen only time will tell. Will they even consider Cristiano Ronaldo after his performance in the World Cup? Even if we ignore that, he has had a very underwhelming season so far. Only time will tell who will Chelsea go for. However, you just can’t keep Ronaldo out of a conversation.

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Rishabh Chaudhary

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Rishabh is a soccer writer at EssentiallySports, coming with a year of experience in digital marketing and 19 years of being a sports fan. Like most people in India, he started by watching cricket and then all sports. He writes poetry and songs in his free time and plays FPS games like Valorant and CSGO.
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Akash Pandhare