Breaking news: Ronaldo agent makes final decision over Ronaldo’s future as he sends message to Ralf Ragnick

 Jorge Mendes has always had incredible

 power when it came to Cristiano Ronaldo

 and the transfer market, yet the fact the

 Portuguese super-agent has publicly

 claimed the forward is very happy at 

Manchester United is both unusual 

and worrying.

Manchester United are facing a crisis 

in which their team appear not to be 

working as a cohesive unit, and Ronaldo 

is being questioned as being the root 

cause of the problem.

"Cristiano Ronaldo is very happy at 

Manchester United," Mendes explained

 in an interview with Sky Sport Italia.

"He's going to continue with his solid, 

great performances, as always in his 

career. It's going to be a great season 

for him, I'm sure."

Uncharted territory for Ronaldo

Ronaldo is considered as one of the

 greatest footballers to ever play the 

game, however he can't escape Father 

Time's clutches, and never before in his 

career has he been in the crosshairs

 of critics.

Real Madrid went through bad periods

 whilst Ronaldo was in the team, but 

nobody dared ever suggest that the Portuguese

 captain was the problem, his goals 

were too important and there was so 

many of them.

The risk to Real Madrid of Ronaldo 

leaving just wasn't worth thinking about 

when he was in his prime, and Mendes 

would only speak when Ronaldo wanted

 a new contract.

The player had this power, the leverage

 of him potentially leaving allowed him 

to dictate terms at the Estadio Santiago

 Bernabeu.

Now, the fact that he isn't as important

 to United is uncharted territory for him, 

and perhaps why Mendes has been 

pushed into action.

Mendes may be trying to keep

Ronaldo at United

Whilst in the past Mendes may have

 spoken to try and force clubs to improve 

Ronaldo's terms, in this instance is highly

 probable that he is simply trying to stop 

United from trying to move him on.

There isn't another club that would pay 

him an equivalent salary and his only 

realistic options you feel now would 

be to MLS.

Being at Manchester United keeps 

Ronaldo in the limelight, perhaps more 

than even Juventus did, and it would be 

disastrous for Mendes if United were to 

decide to move forward with a younger 

forward line, especially as reports of 

an interest in Julian Alvarez emerge.