A five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo touched down in Turin on Sunday
Cristiano Ronaldo (Photo: AFP)
Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has slammed the football club’s decision to sell Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo for €112m to Juventus. Calderon has even termed Real Madrid’s decision to sell their all-time highest goal scorer as “historical error”.
Speaking to AS, Calderon said, “It’s very sad that they have sold a player like Cristiano Ronaldo, it’s a real pity,” adding, “With what it cost me to sign him, the effort that we made to bring him to Madrid…. Manchester [United] did not want to sell him and it was very difficult. And now they have sold him for 100 million euros. There isn’t a player who scores 60 goals a year for you and is worth to you 100 million euros.”
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🔴 LIVE from J|Medical:@Cristiano meets the fans ⚪⚫📸✍#CR7DAY #CR7JUVE pic.twitter.com/d1O3mTMTl8
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) July 16, 2018
Calderon, who was responsible for luring Ronaldo to the Santiago Bernabeu from Manchester United in 2009, added: “Selling Cristiano is not good news, either for 100 million or a billion. But it is true that we put a clause of a billion euros to discourage those interested in him in the future, but at the same time, to show that there was no other player like him. It’s a historic error.”
#CR7DAY starts in style! 👋👍😁
👉 https://t.co/IRf7acXP7r#CR7JUVE @Cristiano pic.twitter.com/AJNoG3yf8I
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) July 16, 2018
Meanwhile, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Ronaldo touched down in Turin on Sunday and did his medicals for Serie A champions Juventus on 16th July (Monday).
Sono iniziate le visite mediche di @Cristiano = 😁😁😁#CR7DAY #CR7JUVE pic.twitter.com/D6N2t6hyum
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) July 16, 2018
Cristiano Ronaldo will be presented as Juventus player in club’s Allianz Stadium at 5.30pm on Monday (UK time).
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