Liam Brady believes that Cristiano Ronaldo at Chelsea is the 'last thing' that manager Graham Potter needs.
The Manchester United attacker has been linked with a move to Chelsea following a summer when he tried to engineer a move away from Old Trafford.
Ronaldo was unable to get that transfer out of United and has struggled to convince manager Erik ten Haag that he’s should be starting for the Red Devils.
Issues at Old Trafford came to a head last week when Ronaldo angrily left the bench and walked out of the stadium before United’s 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur had ended.
The 37-year-old was subsequently dropped from the squad and made to train alone, and while he has since apologised and returned to the squad, his future at the club is very much in question.
There have been reports that United would be willing to let Ronaldo leave the club on a free transfer in January, but Brady does not believe that he would be a good fit at Chelsea.
"If I was Graham Potter, the last person I would want at the club in Cristiano Ronaldo," Brady said.
"I think Potter has a good array of forwards there already and as we’ve seen at Manchester United if Ronaldo is not played, he can be a problem.
"It may be that the owner, he’s an American owner and he thinks Ronaldo has an aura about him. He might be saying to Potter, ‘do you fancy Cristiano?’
"Potter has shown in the few months he’s been there that he’s very up for the job. He has no ego, he’s a very down to earth guy and he calls it as it is.
"He seems to be giving everybody a chance in the squad and they’re buying into what he’s doing.
"He looks as if he’s created a really good team spirit there and the last thing he needs is Cristiano coming in to mess it up."
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