Real Madrid’s glory interrupted by internal politics with a twist | Sid Lowe

Cristiano Ronaldo casting doubt over his future after Champions League final has upset the president, and the fans, and the worry is that this time it could be for real

Real Madrid’s president, Florentino Pérez, said we had heard it all before but we had not, not quite like this. Sergio Ramos had not even collected the European Cup, their third in a row, when Cristiano Ronaldo referred to it in the past – to all of it. “It was nice to be at Madrid,” he said, standing pitchside at the Olympic Stadium, Kiev. Was? “In a few days I will give a response to the fans, because they have always been at my side.” And so a historic moment shifted. The night had yet another narrative.

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