
What’s the story?
Months after his famous move to Italian giants Juventus, Portuguese ace Cristiano Ronaldo has finally revealed why he left Real Madrid this summer in an interview with France Football.
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The statement also saw the club thanking Ronaldo for his services: “Real Madrid would like to express its gratitude to a player who has proved to be the best in the world and who has made this one of the most brilliant times in the history of our club.”
The heart of the matter
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has now revealed the reasons for his departure from Real Madrid in an interview with France Football.
“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.”
“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.”
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