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16th July 2018
09:48pm BST
Although his answer failed to confirm whether or not any other clubs were looking to sign him, he did make clear that Juve were the only club that reached the point of tabling a bid.
"Juventus’s offer was the only offer I received," the 33-year-old said.
It emerged over the weekend that Napoli also considered a move for Ronaldo, even entering discussions with his agent, Jorge Mendes.
However, as revealed by chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis, they opted not to pursue the transfer over concerns it would spell financial disaster for the club.
"The €350 million that Juventus will invest is beyond our reach," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "We would have risked pushing the club towards bankruptcy."
Instead, Ronaldo will now face Napoli as a Juve player in Serie A over the coming season. He is said to have cost the Italian champions £99.2m, nearly £20m more than the fee Real paid to bring him to the Bernabeu from United in 2009. All those goals, and he still makes them a profit. Not bad, eh?Explore more on these topics:
