Cristiano Ronaldo reveals why he left Real Madrid for Juventus

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Cristiano Ronaldo says he decided to quit Real Madrid this summer because the Spanish club’s president, Florentino Perez, only ever saw him as a means of making money. “He [Perez] only ever looked at me as a business relationship. I know it. What he told me was never from the heart,” the Portuguese forward told France Football magazine.

The 33-year-old Ronaldo signed for Italy’s Juventus from Real in July for 100 million euros and has helped his new club to an unbeaten start in Serie A this season, netting seven goals in ten appearances for the Italian Champions. “In the first four or five years (at Real) I had the feeling of being ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’. Less so afterwards. The president looked at me through eyes that didn’t want to say the same thing, as if I was no longer indispensable to them,” he said.