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Real Madrid transfer news: Cristiano Ronaldo HOUSE HUNTING in Italy - report
CRISTIANO RONALDO is already house hunting in Turin ahead of his move from Real Madrid to Juventus, according to reports in Spain.
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Juventus are said to be interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo this summer.
A deal worth £88m (€100m) is supposedly in the pipeline, with Ronaldo tipped to sign a £105m, four-year contract.
Reports in both Italy and Spain claim the two parties are in talks and Ronaldo is receptive to a move.
So much so that Madrid-based newspaper Marca - which is sometimes cited as being a mouthpiece of Real - say the player is looking for properties in Turin.
According to the report, ‘the player is aware that he would be leaving a city behind that has been very good to him and his family, he's enjoyed a very happy life in the Spanish capital, but he's already thinking about his possible future in Italy’.
Ronaldo is tipped to leave Real for Juventus after falling out with the club over their perceived lack of financial support in tac evasion allegations lodged against the player.
He recently accepted a £16.4m fine and a two-year suspended prison sentence from the Spanish authorities.
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Ronaldo has been linked with a move back to Manchester United - the club he spent six years maturing at before heading to Real for a then-world record £80m fee in 2009.
Marca add: “Winters in Turin aren't as warm as in Spain and the weather generally isn't as enjoyable, but Ronaldo is aware that it would be difficult to find a climate quite like that in Madrid.”
Winters in Manchester aren’t exactly balmy either.