The love affair between Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid is officially over, as the forward has signed for Juventus.
He moves to Turin from Madrid for a fee of €112 Million. This fee makes him the fourth most expensive player of all time.
The 33-year old Portuguese joins the Serie A Champions on a four year deal. Cristiano Ronaldo will be remembered in Madrid for the four Champions Leagues he won with them. As well as that, he is the team’s all time top scorer with 450 goals.
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Real Madrid released a statement thanking Cristiano Ronaldo for his nine years playing for Los Blancos.
“For Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo will always be one of the great symbols.
“Real Madrid wants to express its gratitude to a player who has proved to be the best in the world and who has marked one of the brightest times in the history of our club and world football.
“Real Madrid will always be your home.”
Ronaldo said goodbye to the Madridistas in an open letter to the fans.
Full letter available from the BBC
“These years in Real Madrid, and in this city of Madrid, have been possibly the happiest of my life.
“I only have feelings of enormous gratitude for this club, for its fans and for this city. I can only thank all of them for the love and affection I have received.
“However, I believe that the time has come to open a new stage in my life and that is why I have asked the club to accept transferring me. I feel that way and I ask everyone, and especially our fans, to please understand me.
“They have been absolutely wonderful for nine years. They have been nine unique years. It has been an emotional time for me, full of consideration but also hard because Real Madrid is of the highest demands, but I know very well that I will never forget that I have enjoyed football here in a unique way.”
