Chelsea never try to confirm if it was interested with ronaldo. There are only so many rumous but these are just rumours. I will not consider rumour as a thing that's gonna be real as long as there are no relable sources who have been confirming it.
Ronaldo itself is still too far to become a candidate as new player for chelsea.
Many people are waiting for official news, but remember that Ronaldo may not be out until next year.
If he is still asking for a big salary and selfishly it will be difficult to fit in with the change. As long as this unofficial news spreads. Ronaldo is a double-edged sword, he can help he can also harm. You have to know Manchester United let him go because he was out of control. If Ronaldo is still like this, they should think a lot because of his bad image towards Man United.
Yes and also, if Ronaldo in this World Cup can make a big contribution to bring Portugal to the final then I'm still pretty sure Ronaldo will be recruited by a big club who is also competing in the top four. But unfortunately, I don't think Ronaldo's performance has made significant progress, so I doubt Ronaldo will be recruited by the big club as expected.
But regarding Chelsea being interested in Ronaldo, I think that is also true news, but unfortunately, at that time Tuchel refused, even though recruiting Ronaldo was the wish of Todd Boehly himself.
If at that time Tuchel did what Todd Boehly wanted then I'm sure Ronaldo would be playing at Chelsea now, but because Tuchel refused then the rumor about Ronaldo joining Chelsea became a rumor that didn't come true.
Also, the misalignment cost Tuchel the sack and we can see how Chelsea's current performance is clearly a drop. It will also be interesting to see if Todd Boehly still has an interest in signing Ronaldo after everything that has happened so far because to be honest it's been quite a mess.