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Cristiano Ronaldo believes the Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, only ever saw him as a means of making money and has said the deterioration of their relationship convinced him to call time on a glittering nine-year spell at the club.
The forward, who joined Juventus for around €100m in July, departed Spain as Real’s all-time leading goalscorer having helped inspire the club to 15 major trophies, including four Champions Leagues and two La Liga titles. In an interview with France Football he was damning of Pérez.
Written by Dominic Fifield
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/29/cristiano-ronaldo-left-real-madrid-president-florentino-perez-juventus under the title “Cristiano Ronaldo: I left Real Madrid because of president Florentino Pérez”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
