Cristiano Ronaldo, at the heart of rumors of recurring transfers, will remain at Juventus, Bianconeri coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Saturday, adding that he had assurances in this regard from the Portuguese star.
“To me, Ronaldo told me that he remained, let’s clarify this point,” said the coach of Juve, who had to answer several questions about the form and state of mind of “CR7” to the day before the first league match, on the lawn of Udinese on Sunday.
“He always trained well and was always available. I read rumors in the newspapers, but there was never any will on his part to leave Juventus,” he added. .
The top scorer of last season in Italy (with 29 goals) was released Thursday from the last preparation match, against the young people of the club, but he is “available” for the resumption of Serie A.
Ronaldo himself published a long message this week denying a possible return to Real Madrid, mentioned by some media, without explicitly confirming that he would remain at Juve to honor his fourth and final year of contract.
These transfer rumors have been recurring since Juve’s new failure in the Champions League, eliminated in March in the round of 16, like the previous season.
Juventus, “like every year, leaves to win all competitions”, underlined “Max” Allegri, returned to the club after two years absence, after the failure of the Pirlo experiment, which saw Juve abandon the scudetto for the first time since 2012.
“Let’s do things one after the other and try to win the first match in Udine. It will be a balanced championship and to win you must not have peaks at 100 and then at 30 but try to have a cruising speed at 80 or 90 … “, described the one who won the league title five times with the Bianconeri (2015 to 2019).
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