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Manchester City told why Ronaldo is a better signing than Kane

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Despite Manchester City’s summer-long pursuit of Harry Kane, Joe Cole thinks Cristiano Ronaldo is ‘an even better option’.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a better signing than Harry Kane for Manchester City due to financial and commercial reasons, as well as his raw scoring ability, says Joe Cole.

The Manchester United legend is all but set to make a shock move to the Etihad Stadium. Ronaldo has already bid goodbye to Juventus and is waiting for his agent, Jorge Mendes, to return with an official bid from City.

The Premier League champions have turned their attention towards Ronaldo after failing to tempt Tottenham into selling Harry Kane for around £100 million.

“City wanted to sign Harry Kane, but I think Ronaldo is an even better option for them,” Cole, who faced the five-time Ballon d’Or winner 16 times across his career, told talkSPORT.

“Financially, commercially and most importantly you’ve got to remember he outscored Romelu Lukaku in Serie A last year – he’s not a normal 36-year-old!”

CR7 cares about winning above everything else

Since news broke out of Ronaldo’s potential move to the Etihad, Manchester United fans have been far from impressed. Some have even shared videos on social media of them burning CR7 jerseys.

But Cole insists Ronaldo is a winner and will do what’s necessary to achieve more success.

The former Chelsea winger added: “I think he’ll feel no way about going to Manchester City – I think he’s just so driven.

“His allegiances to Manchester United are there, but I don’t think he’ll be thinking, ‘I’m going to ruin my relationship with the Manchester United supporters or the club’.

“He’s just so driven – it’s all about the next game, the next game, the next game – he wants to win and Man City are the only option for him at the moment.

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