Edmonton Journal

Upset Ronaldo wants out of Real Madrid

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Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is so fed up with the Spanish tax authoritie­s he reportedly wants out of Real Madrid, for whom he’s played since 2009 and helped lead to three Champions League titles, two Spanish league championsh­ips and the Copa del Rey in 2014. Three European publicatio­ns — two in Portugal, one in Spain — along with the BBC say Ronaldo feels as if he’s been “used as an example in an unfair and disproport­ionate way” by Spanish tax authoritie­s, who accused him of using a shell company to hide US$16.5 million in unpaid taxes from 2011 to 2014.

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