Cristiano Ronaldo: I left Real Madrid because of president Florentino Pérez

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Cristiano Ronaldo has said a shift in his relationship with the Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, convinced him to call time on his glittering nine-year spell at the club.

Ronaldo, who joined Juventus for around €100m in July, left Spain as Real’s all-time leading goalscorer. The club claimed the transfer had been instigated “at the will and the request of the player”. Ronaldo, in an interview with France Football, suggested Pérez’s attitude towards him had changed.

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