Lothar Matthaus finds Ronaldo as ideal Lewandowski replacement

Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, Napoli, and MLS clubs are reportedly interested in the signature of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. United insist Ronaldo is not available for transfer and that they "want and expect" him to be part of Ten Hag's squad next season.

With

Bayern

also in danger of losing their top scorer, their former captain urges the Bavarians to consider bringing the five-time Ballon d'Or winner onto their books. He wrote for

:

"Ronaldo to Bayern would be sexy! At least you should think through the options and play through them once.

"If you at Bayern are of the opinion that Cristiano Ronaldo is still physically able to really help for a year or two and that you can invest the transfer fee generated for Lewandowski more or less one-to-one in the Portuguese megastar, I would think about it."

However, Matthaus also warns that Bayern might have to sell Serge Gnabry to make

's arrival financially viable. He added: "

If he is "satisfied" with a salary similar to that of Lewandowski, one could embark on the Ronaldo hype. Then Nagelsmann would have two great German internationals in central midfield and really good backups.

"On the offensive, Bayern could score an incredible number of goals with Mane, Muller, Ronaldo and Kingsley Coman.

"Here, too, the pressure of competition and performance would be extremely high for everyone and nobody could rest. Maybe Gnabry will leave the club, and then financially everything would be reasonable."

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