Cristiano Ronaldo is under contract at Juventus until the summer of 2022 but is understood to be open to leaving the Serie A club before the current transfer window finishes; Juventus want at least £21.4m (€25m) for the 36-year-old who was brought to the club in 2018

Manchester City is interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus but do not want to pay a transfer fee for the 36-year-old, according to Sky Italy reporter Gianluca Di Marzio.

Manchester City has been offered the chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus.

Ronaldo is out of contract next summer and Juventus want to sell him to save on the £500,000 a week wages they pay him plus tax.

Ronaldo is willing to leave and his agent Jorge Mendes has been looking for a club who are willing to pay a €25m transfer fee for the 36-year-old and take on his wages.

City are interested in bringing Ronaldo back to the Premier League on a free transfer and are willing to offer him a two-year contract, with a salary of £12.8m-per-season (€15m), according to Sky in Italy.

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But Juventus want at least £21.4m (€25m) as a transfer fee and no formal offer has been made yet.

City are happy with the business they have done this summer after signing Jack Grealish for £100m and Pep Guardiola would be happy to continue the season without any more signings.

He believes his squad is now even stronger than last season’s champions, but City are still prepared to sign a forward after missing out on Harry Kane.

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Ronaldo does not fit the profile of the player they are looking for, but they would consider signing him if the deal made sense from a sporting and financial perspective.

Jorge Mendes, super-agent to the Portugal captain, has arrived in Turin to hold talks with Juventus over Ronaldo’s future, Sky in Italy are reporting.

The 36-year-old, who scored 118 goals in 292 games for Manchester United between 2003 and 2009, has been linked with a move away from Turin this summer and is understood to be open to leaving, but Juventus expect him to stay.