A post is being shared on social media claiming that Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo has accidentally leaked the name of his new club in his latest post. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: Cristiano Ronaldo has accidentally leaked the name of his new club through this latest post.
Fact: The post description says that the link to the full post is in the comments; clicking on it leads to an article published by 90min.com titled ‘Man Utd open to Cristiano Ronaldo sale as Chelsea prepare bid.’ Nowhere in the article is it mentioned that Ronaldo has leaked the name of his new club. Moreover, this article is from July 2022. The photo on the right side of the collage shared in the viral post was shared by Ronaldo on his Instagram on 01 January 2022, in which he expressed his unhappiness with what he and his team were achieving at Manchester United. He has not said anything about him changing his club in this post. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
The viral post contains a link claiming to be that of the full post where Cristiano Ronaldo has leaked information about his new club. Clicking on the link led us to an article from July 2022 published on 90min.com. This is not a link to any social media post shared by Ronaldo recently, as claimed in the viral post. The article states that ‘Manchester United will allow Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Old Trafford this summer and they are expecting an offer from Premier League rivals Chelsea in...
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