“Marca” and “AS”, the two major Madrid sports dailies, made their headlines yesterday on Cristiano Ronaldo, eliminated from the Champions League with Juventus Turin, and ready to return to Real Madrid, which he left in 2018. “The Portuguese and Real have been in contact for months.”
62% for, 38% against. Marca, the most widely read daily in Spain, recorded nearly 400,000 responses in 24 hours to a consultation on its website about a possible return of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. This is to say the massive interest of the “Madridists” for the issue that agitates the Spanish capital (and beyond) since the elimination of the 36-year-old star with Juventus by FC Porto, Tuesday in the round of 16 of the Champions League (1-2, 3-2).
“He wants to come back” proclaims AS, the other major daily sports newspaper in Madrid, which ensures that “the Portuguese and Real have been in contact for months”. Marca, who recalls that CR7 is “questioned at Juve since elimination”, confirms “the wink” of the player to his former club left in 2018. “He is desired.”
As revealed by TV journalist Josep Pedrerol (El Chiringuito), “Jorge Mendes (his agent) spoke to Real Madrid about the possibility of the return of Cristiano Ronaldo”. Marca tempers: “Real Madrid excludes for the moment a possible return of crack”. This is the club’s official line, embodied on Friday by its coach, Zinédine Zidane (“Cristiano is a Juve player”).
“PSG is another possible destination”
“He only has one year of contract” in the Italian club, also in difficulty in the Championship, notes AS, who sees in “his unusual silence on social networks” since the elimination “a further sign of his will to leave”. “After the elimination by Lyon at the same stadium last summer, he defended the Old Lady at length on his media.”
Real is not its only way out, speculates the daily: “PSG is another possible destination, even if everything will depend on Kylian Mbappé.
If the Frenchman leaves, the Parisians could have to choose between Cristiano and Messi, but the Argentinian, with Joan Laporta back as president of the club, could decide to stay at Barça. “
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