Manchester United announced on Friday August 27 an agreement with Juventus Turin for the recruitment of Cristiano Ronaldo, who will return to a club where he won eight major trophies from 2003 to 2009. This transfer is still subject to a final agreement with the 36-year-old Portuguese striker and his medical visit.
Financial details of the agreement between the two clubs have not been specified but the transfer amount is expected to rise to 25 million euros, the figure desired by Juventus.
Cristiano Ronaldo, five-time Ballon d’Or winner, left Manchester United in 2009 for Real Madrid and a record amount, at the time, of more than 90 million euros, before joining Juventus in 2018.
The Portuguese remains on three seasons for Juventus marked by its failures in the Champions League, its fetish competition. His arrival makes Manchester United one of the big favorites for the European title this season, along with Manchester City and PSG. The Citizens were initially approached to sign the superstar, especially as they are looking for a striker. But the Red Devils were the quickest to draw an offer that meets the demands of Juventus, with whom the Portuguese was linked until 2022. The team coached by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hit the market hard this summer with the signing of Jadon Sancho and Raphaël Varane, before that of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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“Cristiano was a legend of this club. He’s the greatest player of all time if you ask me ”, declared Friday the Norwegian manager, who was the teammate of CR7 at United between 2003 and 2007. Ronaldo arrived Friday afternoon in Lisbon to prepare with his selection the playoff matches for the World-2022. He could make his United debut after returning from the international break on September 11 against Newcastle.
Ronaldo reaffirmed on his Instagram account on Friday that he and Juve had “Achieved great things, not all of those [qu’ils voulaient], corn [qu’ils avaient] despite everything, writes a very beautiful story together ”. “The“ tifosi ” [supporteurs italiens] have always respected me and I tried to thank them by giving the best of myself in every game, every season, every competition ”, he wrote, adding: “Today I am leaving from a fantastic club, the biggest in Italy and certainly one of the biggest in Europe”.
After Lionel Messi at PSG and while waiting perhaps for Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid, this is one of the most resounding transfers of the summer.
