Cristiano Ronaldo boarded a private plane out of Turin after
saying his goodbyes to his Juventus team-mates as boss Max Allegri confirmed
his imminent exit from the club.
The 36-year-old spent an hour and a half at Juve’s
Continassa training ground on Friday morning to empty his locker and bid farewell
to the squad before they took to the pitch for a training session, Skysports
reports.
Later on Friday, Allegri confirmed Ronaldo told him he has
“no intention” to stay at the club and will not be called up for Saturday’s
game against Empoli.
“Yesterday, speaking with Cristiano, he told me that he has
no intention to stay at Juventus and for this reason, he will not be called up
tomorrow [against Empoli] and he didn’t train this morning,” Allegri said.
“I’m absolutely not disappointed, because Cristiano took his
own decision. He was here for three years, he gave his contribution, he put
himself at Juventus’ disposal, and now he’s leaving and life goes on.
“Cristiano did a lot for this club, he’s a great champion, I
wish him all the luck in the world wherever he will play. He gave a great
contribution, for the season that I trained him he led by example for the lads,
so he is only to be thanked for what he did for Juventus.”
With reports of a possible return to the Premier League for
Cristiano Ronaldo, we take a look back at some his best goals from his time at
Manchester United.
Ronaldo arrived at Turin’s Caselle airport around 1.30pm and
boarded a private jet for Lisbon, with his future set to be decided in the next
few hours.
Ronaldo is in the final year of his contract in Turin and
the Italian giants are asking any suitor to pay a €25m (£21.3m) transfer fee,
which could be a major stumbling block along with his £500,000-per-week wages
at the Allianz Stadium.
With Manchester City in talks to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Pep
Guardiola said players of the Portugal captain’s calibre decide their own
transfers.
Juventus are yet to receive an official bid for Ronaldo.
There is still some way to go before a deal can be concluded and time is tight
to complete a deal before Tuesday’s transfer window deadline.
Sky in Italy are reporting City are willing to offer Ronaldo
a two-year contract, with a salary of £12.8m-per-season (€15m).
He was not in City’s plans this summer but he is an option
they are considering after the Premier League champions missed out on signing
England captain Harry Kane from Tottenham.
Ronaldo was a surprise omission from Juve’s starting 11 in
their 2-2 draw at Udinese on Sunday and he came off the bench to score a
94th-minute winner which was ruled out by VAR for a marginal offside.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has his say
on Cristiano Ronaldo’s future and says ‘he knows we’re here’.
The 36-year-old wants to carry on playing at the highest
level for as long as possible, but not everyone at City is convinced the former
Manchester United player is what they need.
Ronaldo joined Juventus from Real Madrid in 2018 for a fee
in the region of £105m and he has scored 101 goals in 134 games for the club,
helping them to two Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia crown and two Italian
Super Cups.
Juventus, who want to sell Ronaldo before his contract
expires next summer, are in advanced talks to sign Moise Kean from Everton, who
scored 17 goals in 41 games while on loan at Paris-Saint Germain last season.
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