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FOX Sports pundits Jimmy Conrad and Sacha Kjlestan claimed that a move to the MLS 'makes sense' for Cristiano Ronaldo after the soccer superstar left Manchester United.
Ronaldo's Old Trafford exit was announced Tuesday afternoon after United confirmed the news in a 67-word statement, which claimed the agreement was mutual.
The Glazers, chief executive Richard Arnold, football director John Murtough and coach Erik Ten Hag have decided that Ronaldo has burnt his bridges at Old Trafford following his explosive interview with Piers Morgan and there is no way back for him at the club.
Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo have terminated his contract by mutual agreement
Ronaldo criticized the club in a two-part bombshell interview with Piers Morgan last week
Ronaldo's team-mates also expected him to leave with the mood towards him described as 'ambivalent'.
It was made clear that he would not have not been welcome back at Old Trafford or the club's Carrington training base after the World Cup.
Now the matter has been dealt with, Ronaldo can look for a new club as a free agent and United to line up a replacement striker in the January transfer window.
Speaking on FOX Sports' World Cup coverage, Conrad and Kjlestan discussed the timing of the announcement, suggesting it meant Ronaldo already had his next move lined up.
Kjlestan said: 'It's very interesting, the timing. Would Cristiano Ronaldo agree to a mutual termination unless he already had his next club lined up?'
Former USMNT defender Conrad agreed, adding: 'I don't think he would have come out with that interview, if he hadn't have had a couple of options lined up, maybe using that as leverage to get it done quicker.'
On FOX Sports, Jimmy Conrad (left) and Sacha Kjlestan (right) discussed the announcement
The duo then went on to theorize where the Portugal star's next destination could be.
Kjlestan, who plays for LA Galaxy, questioned: 'I don't know, is he coming to MLS? Is he going back to Italy?'
Conrad then suggested the MLS could be an option as he said there had 'been talk of Inter Miami.' To which Kjlestan responded that the move would make sense.
Before Conrad added: 'I bet he comes to MLS. It would be interesting and it might have that David Beckham effect, that we saw when Beckham came over in the mid to
