It looked like a fantasy market, but it's not. Juventus has even targeted Cristiano Ronaldo and Portuguese and Spanish journalists say it, as well as us Italians, especially those from Madrid. In fact, since yesterday the rumors have turned into figures and these, however enormous, are not out of this world.
To begin with, Ronaldo has a one billion euro release clause (!) but only for Spanish, English and ubiquitous PSG teams: for all the others the price is 100 million, including Juventus. In short, the price tag would not be a problem, if anything, that arrives on the engagement front with CR7 who would not move for less than 30 million (net) per season.
A frightening figure for the Italian market but which, on closer inspection, has its own logic. Someone like the Portuguese, numbers in hand, invoices around 44 million a year from sponsors alone, something that obviously would also involve Juve, not counting the sensational return of image, for the Lady and for all of Italian football.
[smiling_video id="58879″]
[/smiling_video]
CR7, in addition to being the best striker on the planet, is also a gentleman with over 330 million followers divided between Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube, a gigantic induced that would inevitably bind with the black and white colors. Allegri wants him to win the Champions League, FCA, John Elkann in the lead, to make Juventus the most media-focused club in the world.
And the player? For some time he has considered his adventure in Madrid closed and he has liked the lady very much since the dawn of his career. In short, what seemed like just an early summer joke is turning into a structured and concrete negotiation, and the silences of those directly involved (including Real Madrid: by the way, in Spain they give it very close to Neymar!) make more noise than many words .
With news like this, everything else fades into the background, yet the market is also moving for the others, none excluded. Milan, awaiting news on the double front of the club-Tas, is preparing to face the assault of the big names in Europe on the top players of the squad, Bonucci in the lead. The two Manchesters like Leo to death (Guardiola and Mourinho are ready for a derby), PSG and even Sarri's Chelsea: with these premises it will be difficult to convince him to stay in the Rossoneri, especially after Fassone's admission to a market that , inevitably, must have a zero balance.
Inter, after having already bought De Vrij, Asamoah, Lautaro Martinez, Nainggolan and Politano, are also ready to close Malcom, who Bordeaux would let leave on loan with the right to buy. Not only that: Spalletti also wants a reinforcement in midfield and after Dembelé (the favorite but with many offers) William Carvalho is being sounded decisively, who could free himself from Sporting Lisbon even at zero.
Closure dedicated to Naples and Rome, with the Azzurri finally welcoming Fabian Ruiz (medical visits today, then signing the contract) and the Giallorossi ready to offer 30 million for Mertens, much appreciated by Di Francesco, much less by Ancelotti. Hot names but "ants" compared to CR7. That's why Juve, after thinking about it for a long time, is increasingly determined to attack.
