From a simple voice to increasingly consistent rumors, which can turn into “news”.
An event of transfer market it almost always arises like this, as an indiscretion that gradually finds confirmation until it becomes a certain fact. In this case, for the Juventus, it would be as good as unexpected news, capable of reversing the front of a summer market session that seemed to have to be dominated by the choice of Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Turin one year in advance.
Instead, the “boatos” arriving from Spain are getting stronger about the will of the Portuguese champion of respect the contract in place with Juventus until 30 June 2022. To report it is ‘Don Balon’, who does not follow up on the rumors, reported by other Spanish media, according to which CR7, currently on vacation after the elimination of Portugal from Euro 2020, would be considering the possibility of extending the contract until 2023 thus spreading over two years the salary of 31 million net that Juventus will have to pay him until next June 30th.
There seem to be several reasons that would push Cristiano Ronaldo to fail what, at the end of the Serie A championship, seemed a decision taken, namely that of ending his experience in Italy after three years.
From the ambition to go back to winning the Scudetto, after having had to unravel the tricolor in the last season to the advantage of Inter, to the desire to make another attempt to win the Champions League with the Juventus shirt, the real “mission” that brought Ronaldo to Turin, but not even approached in three years during which the bianconeri have suffered as many early eliminations, one in the quarterfinals and two in the round of 16, against opponents who are not irresistible as Ajax, Lyon and Porto.
Finally, the finding that contacts with Manchester United e Psg, the only two teams that had expressed interest in Ronaldo, did not lead to anything concrete both for the player and for the Juventus, which aimed to conclude exchanges to get respectively to Paul Pogba or Mauro Icardi.
Even the return of Massimiliano Allegri on the Juventus bench could have convinced Ronaldo not to change his shirt, in the hope that the Livorno coach will be able to find a more offensive set-up perhaps along the lines of that 4-2-3-1 who in the second half of the 2017-2018 season managed to bring together many attacking talents, including Paulo Dybala.
Just the position of Dybala, points out the same “Don Balon”, could be weakened by the possible stay of Ronaldo, but in this sense Juventus and Allegri have already been clear, aiming at the renewal of the Argentine’s contract expiring in 2023 to a multi-pointed Juve able to return to win in Italy and dream in Europe.
OMNISPORT | 04-07-2021 08:51
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