Real Madrid President Florentino Perez says Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo “wanted to leave for personal reasons” but “this will always be his home”.
The Ballon d’Or left Los Merengues this summer in a €100m deal, ending his time in Spain as the club’s top goalscorer with 450 goals in just 438 games.
“The release clauses that Real Madrid set for our players are to be dissuading,” Perez told club delegates, as reported by OK Diario.
“The most profitable sale this year was that of Cristiano. He wanted to leave for personal reasons, and when everyone is converging on one solution you come to an agreement.
“No-one offered Real Madrid more than Juventus’ €100m. We can’t do anything but thank Ronaldo for all he did with this shirt.
“He’s the best ever after [Alfredo] Di Stefano and this will always be his home.”
BabaNla_14
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All this one 👇 is Perez effect, He said he wanted to leave and u allowed him leave, u can't persuade him to stay, don't u see Man City, what they did for Aguero, same thing Barcelona for Lionel Messi.
murinzie
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Watch out Cristiano😂 lol
Vonbcklop
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Perez be truthful for once OK, even those of us here know CR's reason for leaving. He requested for upwards salary adjustment and you refused thinking he has no place to go and secondly even if he leaves you'll get a better replacement having players like Neymar, Mpappe, Hazard in mind, now the man has left and you couldn't get a single player to replace him. High profile players don't come easily so you could've talked n negotiated with him and persuaded him to stay, if for nothing at all for what he has achieved for the club and for himself
actaios
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Pérez spoke like a true businessman or politician. I mean technically his words are true. 😜
Martabeed
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Buying Ronaldo for 80m, producing trophies with him for 9 years (including four CLs!), AND managing to sell him for a profit surely must be one of the most amazing transfers ever.
rioceksyz
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we respect u Florentino P but u know that Ronaldo and Messi serve as a brand and an Identity. and what u ve done is unforgiving u chased him for personal reasons tooooooooo all just for $190000 per week u never show our x player surport as the old lady president is doing now. u say he is old. I think u are old too u must know that Ronaldo mearnt everything to us and we ve seeing seen u single handedly chasing ika cassila, dimaria, even the legend 7 shirt Raul finally Ronaldo remember it's not about u Florentino Perez it's about us REAL MADRID fans dont u do that again