Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has realised, 18 months after leaving Real Madrid following Florentino Perez's refusal to increase his salary, that he made a mistake.
According to the newspaper ABC, the Portugal star has confessed to some of his ex-teammates that he regrets forcing through his move to Juventus in 2018.
Ronaldo's been heavily criticised this season for his discrete performances (seven goals in 12 games, three from the penalty spot) and has realised that Juve and Serie A don't come with the grandeur of Real Madrid and La Liga when it comes to awards like the Ballon d'Or.
It's for that reason that he has, in private, lamented the decision to move to Italy in a deal worth around 100 million euros.
He would never admit it in public, but he feels that if he had stayed at the Santiago Bernabeu he would also have won the last two Ballons d'Or, which have been won by Luka Modric (2018) and Leo Messi (2019).
Ronaldo will turn 35 in February and has now realised that he is in the final years of his career and individual honours could now evade him.
⚽CR7FOREVER⚽
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@autty we all know u are big fan of Messi and very much clear by ur article which ur post on this app.did he come to u to tell that he miss Madrid. don't talk rubbish things here. I know u are posting this so make Ronaldo haters Happy and u r one of them. son of bit*h. ban me if u can and I know that this comment will not get that fake likes which all football gives to Many comment which they feel good.
Breakbarrier
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Y u didn't made mistake you shouldn't speak like this we still believe in u CRISTIANO no matter how bad ur last season and your present form is u proved yourself in the past and gonna prove again ...GOAT
himaeilrs
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He should have known better that for Madrid, he might have won 1 Balon d'or. Even Modric was marketed to win it ahead of any other player. This is the reward og greed. He left Madrid for lack of enhanced salary but he and his sisters are everywhere ridiculing Messi for not exploring different teams calling Ronaldo's move to Italy a new challenge. As Zilatan said, u go to a team that has won the last 7 Scudetos and call that a challenge. For a challenge why didn't he move to any of the Italian teams that have 2on nothing over the years.
YashrajNagarwal
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he made mistake leaving the greatest club of all-time, for useless old Italian team juventus and now playing under coach like sarri Ronaldo come back please leave that useless Italian team only in Madrid you can win ballon do'r with coach like zidane . sarri is ruining you're career with his useless tactics i miss BBC
cby10
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Cr7 gonna destroy Lazio and shut all his haters... A hat-trick on the way
ishti
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I really feel bad for this Champion. He deserved better, sometimes we make mistakes that can't be reversed. He clearly looks unhappy and lost. Hope his hunger for success doesn't die and makes a one final push for pinnacle of success.
imranahmadmusa
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we said it one day he would admit this undeleted mistake. it had been in Madrid that if someone score a goal not him,his ire is surely revealed. we have seen this during our number 2 player (Albeliou) when he scored a goal Ronaldo was furious for not him scored it. selfish Ronaldo that time but we took it, but now those irresponsibles saying we are betrayers.who is him to say that for? real Madrid is legendary club where many legends got the best from team not him that got from as some iil-concieved thought it is. he thought when he goes we can't win not even be praised. he never knows club is ahead of a player. if not bc of the unselfish nature of our great players,he wouldn't have won than 4blonde ors. at least Ramos could have won one so also Banzema and Bale but bc he is selfish he never understood this. is this how Messi does his things in Bacelona? Messi is clearly above any player in the world now and possibly then, bc of love for the club he work serious for. he helped Suerez to pithi-pitchi and many individual awards. what had Ronaldo done to Banzema or bale to earn the credit not abuse as it were then? we know he did well, but with greater %, for him self. that is whyt many big players despise him. in short, I said this and again real Madrid will surely survive the absence of any player talk of any selfishness, and I personally love their philosophy of being what u give. wishing him good luck -Ronaldo in juvetus but honestly u miss the unselfish team work of ur former team mate$ and u are sawing what reap. but still we accept u hell our team then u are part of the project!! Messi would not make the mistake u made.