Cristiano Ronaldo continues to stir things up in Italy. Fabrizio Romano announced in his livestream on Twitch on Monday that the 36-year-old Portuguese may leave Juventus for 25 million euros this summer. There are only four clubs that have a chance of the arrival of Ronaldo, who only wants to go to England.
Ronaldo started on the bench at his own request in Juventus’ opening match in the Serie A against Udinese on Sunday. With this, the star attacker, who is only still in Turin this season, fed the rumors about a possible transfer. Juventus would prefer to keep Ronaldo, according to Romano, but will still cooperate for 25 million euros to have the highest paid player from the selection move.
Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid have announced they will not sign Ronaldo, leaving only a handful of clubs. Portugal’s all-time top scorer wants to return to the Premier League and will play the Champions League anyway this season. This leaves Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool in addition to his former employer Manchester United. “It will be an English club or no transfer,” said Romano.
Juventus vice president Pavel Nedved is not counting on Ronaldo’s departure. “We have decided together with Ronaldo that he is on the bench. It is nothing special. Ronaldo remains one hundred percent certain,” Nedved said before the game on Sunday. DAZN. Ronaldo came in against Udinese (2-2) 31 minutes before the end. He thought he would score the winning goal deep in stoppage time, but was called back for offside.
In 134 official Juventus matches, Ronaldo scored 101 goals and 22 assists. With the attacker in the ranks, Juventus became champions twice and won the Coppa Italia once. However, the club did not come close to winning the Champions League, the tournament that the Portuguese won no less than four times with Real Madrid.
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