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[이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] The former president of Italian professional football Juventus publicly criticized Cristiano Ronaldo (36) as a’failure’.
In an interview with Italian radio broadcaster Giovanni Koboly Gili (76), the former chairman of Juventus on the 12th (hereinafter referred to as Korean time) insisted, “The recruitment of Ronaldo was a bad contract and a costly mistake.”
“Ronaldo is a great player and I respect him, but it’s too expensive,” said Jilli, who served as Juventus chairman from 2006 to 2009. “I said from the beginning that the contract with Ronaldo was absolutely wrong.”
He added, “It is up to Juventus to transfer Ronaldo or not.” He pointed out that “Juventus is paying Ronaldo 1 million euros (about 1.4 billion won) per goal.”
Juventus signed Ronaldo from Real Madrid (Spain) in the summer of 2018 to win the UEFA Champions League. It is known that Ronaldo’s annual salary from Juventus is 31 million euros (about 42 billion won).
Ronaldo has made a total of 32 games this season and is scoring 27 goals. The visible performance wasn’t bad, but after Ronaldo joined Juventus the bitter taste of being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League round of 16 for two consecutive seasons.
Juventus won 3-2 after an overtime match in the home game of the 2nd leg of the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League match against FC Porto (Portugal) on the 10th. However, Juventus, who lost 1-2 in the first game, tied the score with a total of 4-4 in the first and second games, and was pushed out of the away goal and the quarterfinals were canceled.
Ronaldo failed to score in the first and second leg of the round of 16. In particular, in the second game, when the opponent took a free kick in the second half of the overtime, instead of blocking the ball with his body, he turned his body as if he was trying to avoid the ball, which provoked the anger of the fans.