Cristiano Ronaldo: What Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez expected after Juventus move
CRISTIANO RONALDO left Real Madrid for Juventus in the summer. And reports claim Florentino Perez expected the La Liga giants to have a transitional year in the immediate aftermath.
Cristiano Ronaldo shouts at Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri
Cristiano Ronaldo was sold by Real Madrid president Perez to Juventus in the summer, with the Portugal international opting to pursue a Serie A swansong over in Italy.
In the immediate aftermath of the 34-year-old’s move to Turin, many were tipping Los Blancos to invest in a marquee name.
Real Madrid’s transfer interest in Neymar is nothing new, with Perez admiring the Brazil international since his days as a teenager with Santos.
Kylian Mbappe was also mooted as a target having propelled France to World Cup glory in Russia.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid icon was sold by Florentino Perez to Juventus (Image: GETTY)
Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez expected a transitional season (Image: GETTY)
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And they have no chance of winning La Liga with Barcelona already 12 points clear at the top of the table.
Real were also dumped out of the Copa del Rey in midweek with Barcelona winning 3-0 at the Bernabeu.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo blamed Perez for his exit in the summer.
“I felt it inside the club, especially from the president, that they no longer considered me the same way that they did in the start,” he said.
“In the first four or five years there I had the feeling of being ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’. Less afterwards.
“The president looked at me through eyes that didn’t want to say the same thing, as if I was no longer indispensable to them, if you know what I mean.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Juventus star is having a better season than Real Madrid (Image: GETTY)
“That’s what made me think about leaving.
“Sometimes I’d look at the news, where they were saying I was asking to leave. There was a bit of that but the truth is I always had the impression the president would not hold me back.
“If it had all been about money, I’d have moved to China, where I would have earned five times as much than here [at Juventus] or at Real. I did not come to Juve for the money. I earned the same in Madrid, if not more.
“The difference is that, at Juve, they really wanted me. They told me that and made it clear. They showed me that.
“The truth is that the president wanted me but, at the same time, he made it known to me that my departure would not constitute a problem.”