Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon criticised the club’s decision to sell Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus, describing the transfer as a historic error.
Ronaldo touched down in Turin on Sunday ahead of his medical after Serie A champions Juventus agreed a €112million deal with Madrid on Tuesday.
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A five-time Ballon d’Or winner and Madrid’s all-time leading goalscorer, Ronaldo helped the Spanish giants to a third consecutive Champions League crown last season after netting 44 goals in all competitions.
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Calderon was responsible for luring Ronaldo to the Santiago Bernabeu from Manchester United in 2009 and he lambasted Madrid’s decision to part with the 33-year-old superstar for such a fee.
‘It’s very sad that they have sold a player like Cristiano Ronaldo, it’s a real pity,’ Calderon told AS.
‘With what it cost me to sign him, the effort that we made to bring him to Madrid…. Manchester [United] did not want to sell him and it was very difficult. And now they have sold him for 100 million euros.
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‘There isn’t a player who scores 60 goals a year for you and is worth to you 100 million euros.
‘Selling Cristiano is not good news, either for 100 million or a billion.
‘But it is true that we put a clause of a billion euros to discourage those interested in him in the future, but at the same time, to show that there was no other player like him. It’s a historic error,’ he concluded.
