Football

Paratici tips Ronaldo to remain at Juve

Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo will not leave Italian giants Juventus despite reports linking him with a move away from the club.
That’s according to the Turin club’s sporting Director, Fabio Paratici.
Paratici told via Diario AS, Paratici reiterated that there is an existing contract binding Ronaldo and Juventus until 2022 which will be respected.
“I can assure you that the future of Cristiano is at Juventus,” he said. “Obviously, news about interested teams come out every day, but we don’t pay attention to that.”  
Juventus defeated Cagliari 2-0 in Turin in Serie A on Saturday , with Ronaldo proving his worth by scoring both goals in the game.
The former Real Madrid star has scored eight goals from six games so far this season, and scored 37 from 46 games for the Italian champions last campaign.  
Paratici also took the time to discuss the situation involving the club’s Argentinean star Paulo Dybala, who is suffering from a urogenital infection that prevented him from travelling to play for Argentina during the international break.  
“He’s a great footballer,” he said. “He suffered that virus before the game with Lazio but he is already better and has returned to work with the group. Hopefully he’ll return to his level soon.”  
Tentative rumours during the past week had linked a supposed charm offensive on the part of Ronaldo toward his old club Real Madrid with a potential move back to Spain, but Paratici’s comments have all but put that to bed.  
The Portuguese scored 450 goals in 438 appearances for Los Blancos. He won two La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys, two Spanish Super Cups, four Champions Leagues, two European Super Cups and three Club World Cups.


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