Cristiano Ronaldo reveals why he left Real Madrid for Juventus

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.