The figure that Juventus are asking in exchange for Cristiano Ronaldo has been revealed by transfer guru Fabrizio Romano.
Speculation surrounding Ronaldo’s future has exploded into life in recent weeks, with the Portuguese superstar thought to have informed agent Jorge Mendes of his desire to find a new club.
Days are numbered in the transfer window, so it remains to be seen if Mendes will be successful in his efforts to engineer Ronaldo a move away from Juventus this summer.
It’s not beyond the realm of possibility, though, especially when you consider how minuscule the transfer fee would be for a player of Ronaldo’s pedigree.
Cristiano Ronaldo situation ⚪️🇵🇹
He wanted to “look for potential new options”.
PSG are currently not interested.
Mendes contacted Manchester City but Juve want €25m and #MCFC have NO intention to pay any fee. “Complicated”.
Juve are still convinced that Cristiano will stay. pic.twitter.com/zGTF5Bymtp
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 24, 2021
Ronaldo is 36-years-old, but remains one of the best forwards on the planet. Signing him would guarantee you a 20-25 league goal striker – and for just €25M [£21.4M].
Fabrizio Romano suggests that Man City are unwilling to pay that figure, but that seems nonsensical, especially with the champions seemingly set to miss out on Harry Kane.
While the prospect of Ronaldo leaving Juventus in such a short frame of time seems improbable, surely there’ll be clubs looking at that asking price and licking their lips?