Cristiano Ronaldo snubbed a FIFA Club World Cup reunion with Alex Telles, the former Manchester United and Al-Nassr has revealed.

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• CR7 running down deal in the Middle East
• Linked with clubs around the world
• Expected to agree extension in Saudi Arabia

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Having run down his record-breaking contract in the Saudi Pro League, sending him towards free agency, Ronaldo has been linked with a number of clubs that will be competing for a global crown on American soil this summer.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Among those is Brazilian outfit Botafogo. That is where Telles, who has previously shared a dressing room with Ronaldo in England and the Middle East, is currently plying his trade. He was keen to bring in another familiar face alongside him.

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• DID YOU KNOW?

  Questions were asked of CR7, as speculation regarding his future plans raged, but no deal was done. That is because Ronaldo could not be convinced that, at 40 years of age, he should be taking on another new challenge.

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  WHAT ALEX TELLES SAID

  Brazil international left-back Telles told of the CR7 transfer rumours: "I wanted to know if it was real, but he said that, up until then, he had nothing and that it wasn’t the right time to come.

  "I asked him to come here [Botafogo]. I even said ‘come and be happy at Fogao’, but he said it wasn’t the right time. Everyone knows what’s best for them."

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