Cristiano Ronaldo's future is still up in the air after his departure from Manchester United.
The forward wants to continue to play at the top level even at the age of 37 years old but it seems unlikely to happen. Ronaldo and his agent Jorge Mendes searched for a move away from Old Trafford in the summer but nothing materialised.
United fans knew that Ronaldo had been offered to top clubs, but it seems his requirements were a lot lower than first realised if representatives from Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt are to be believed.
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Phillip Holzer, chariman of Frankfurt's advisory board, stated this week: "He was even offered to us. I have the feeling he was offered to every Champions League club."
This again goes against Ronaldo's own claims in his interview with Piers Morgan that clubs asked Mendes about him while discussing other players, not the other way around. Frankfurt, alongside clubs like Bayern Munich and Chelsea, ultimately decided not to sign the player, but it poses the question of who else might have rejected the forward.
Ronaldo was likely expecting to be inundated with offers once he parted ways with United. He also probably hoped that a good performance at the 2022 World Cup would act as a good advertisement to any potential buyers.
Unfortunately for him, reality can often be disappointing. Ronaldo only scored one goal in Qatar, a dubious penalty in Portugal's opening game against Ghana. He was subsequently benched in the knockouts and then Portugal crashed out in the quarter-finals against Morocco
Ronaldo's only official offer as things stand comes from Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr. Many pundits have claimed that if Ronaldo was to make the move it would signal the end of his career at the top level.
Spanish outlet Marca has stated that Ronaldo will accept the offer from Al Nassr in a deal that could last seven and a half years; two and a half as a player and then the rest as an ambassador for the nation's World Cup bid for 2030. It is reported that he would earn around £175m per year as player with that sum potentially increasing if he moves into an off-field role.
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