That Cristiano returns to Real Madrid does not happen, at the moment, of dream for part of Real Madrid and from what is intuited, for Zidane himself. But his possible departure from Juventus is not a trick or artifice. The crack was the first to open the door ajar not to finish his contract in Turin (he has one year left) and in Vecchia Signora there is a real fear of losing you. The crisis bianconera became more acute this weekend with the unexpected defeat in Turin against the modest Benevento (0-1) and the Portuguese did not hide his anger. During and after the game. Juve is out of Europe, has the Scudetto practically lost and Pirlo staggers on the bench. All despite the 30 goals in 34 Cristiano's games …
Cristiano could not hide his anger at the defeat of Juve, which leaves him with few options to win the Scudetto.
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“To this Juventus, except Cristiano and Chiesa, there is no one who sees it”. The complaint of Lapo Elkann, grandson of the great Juventus boss for decades, Giovanni Agnelli, echoed yesterday on Italian social networks. A torpedo to the family club just as Juve is trying to close ranks. Andrea Agnelli jumped onto the Juventus Stadium turf before the game to give Cristiano a jersey with the number 770 (his recent goalscoring record) and GOAT, the acronym for 'Greatest Of All Time' (The best of all time). An image in which the president of Juve comes out more smiling than the graceful himself. More significant was the face of Cristiano after the game, a whole poem.
It was not the only institutional attempt of the Vecchia Signora for publicly pampering a star who left even more unhappy after falling to the sixteenth of Serie A. Fabio Paratici, the club's director, also appeared on the scene. With the bleeding wound, he winked at Sky Italia: “We will continue with Cristiano, he is the best in the world”.
An attempt by Madrid by Cristiano would lead to face several fronts, but the main one is the economic one. In Italy it enjoys tax advantages that both the Chamartín entity and the star would have to negotiate if it has to pay taxes again in our country. Right now, Cristiano charges 31 million euros net and next season he will be 37 years old. As AS reported, it is not a far-fetched possibility. Juve takes it for granted but right now it is between a rock and a hard place because the pressure is maximum. Not a local idol like Pirlo seems secure in his position in this jump to the bench.
“We are going to stay with Cristiano, he is the best in the world”
Fabio Paratici, Juventus manager, at Sky Italia
For now Madrid is extremely cautious, leaving breadcrumbs, just in case. Neither Zidane nor the always restrained Butragueño, both in the previous and in the postgame against Atalanta, denied the major. The answer was identical. “We'll see…”. The team survives thanks to the goals of a Benzema who recently did not oppose the return of his teammate. “We did a lot together,” he said with a smile. The Cristiano case, according to the panic at Juventus, is far from closed.