Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is heading to Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Juventus after the Italian champions agreed a fee of around £88.5 million ($172m) with Real Madrid to bring an end to a hugely successful nine-year stay at the Bernabeu.

The 33-year-old had hinted after Real’s third successive Champions League final triumph in May that he was keen to leave and, with Manchester United reluctant to enter the bidding, he has decided to move to Serie A.

Juventus have agreed terms on a four-year contract, which will see him earn around £500,000-a-week.

Ronaldo, who was once again Portugal’s star player as they exited the World Cup in the round of 16, had always suggested he wanted to re-join United when he left Madrid, but that opportunity failed to materialise and manager Jose Mourinho was not keen on his return.

The two Portuguese had a strained relationship towards the end of Mourinho’s spell as Real’s manager and, having already signed Alexis Sanchez on wages of more than £500,000-a-week, from Arsenal in January, United did not make a serious attempt to bring him back, even though he remains hugely popular with the club’s supporters.

“I only have feelings of enormous gratitude for this club and for this