Delighted fans were seen posing outside Juventus’ official club store on Wednesday with “Ronaldo 7” shirts.
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The letter was titled: “The time has come for a new era.”
It is believed that progress on the deal means an official announcement could be made as soon as Tuesday.
Ronaldo has won three Champions Leagues in a row at Madrid but decided against staying at the club
The Paris Saint-Germain striker has scored three of Uruguay’s seven goals at this World Cup, including both in their last-16 win over Portugal, and trained on his own on Thursday in the build-up to the quarter-final
The Merengues have been linked with a huge €310 million bid for the 26-year-old, who is coming off a strong season with Paris Saint-Germain, and could join the likes of Michael Laudrup and Luis Figo among the elite players who have made the switch from Barcelona to Real Madrid.
“My beard? It was a joke with [Ricardo] Quaresma, we were in the sauna and I was shaving, I left a goatee and told him if I scored vs Spain I won’t shave it until the end of the World Cup.
The El Mundo Newspaper reported on Friday that the player would also pay 18.8 million euro (16.41 million pounds) fine.
The Euro 2016 champions, who failed to make beyond group stage at Brazil 2014, will hope to see their players finding form quickly against a dangerous Spain
Salah’s participation in the showpiece tournament in Russia was thrown into doubt when he was forced off in the first half of Liverpool’s Champions League final against Real Madrid just over a fortnight ago
The former Real Madrid captain was thrust into the spotlight as their new head coach following the shock departure of Julen Lopetegui.
However, the announcement was made on the eve of the World Cup, which led to the manager being sacked by the Spanish national team.
Last month, Salah sustained a shoulder injury during Liverpool’s defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final and it had been expected that the winger would be out of contention for Egypt’s first game in Russia.
Earlier on Wednesday, Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales announced at a press conference that Lopetegui had been sacked as Spain head coach after negotiating with Real Madrid without any prior notification.
This was after the country’s federation said he failed to tell them he had agreed to join Real Madrid after the tournament.
Lopetegui was yesterday confirmed as the new Real Madrid manager and will replace Zinedine Zidane at the helm of the 13-time European champions after the end of Spain’s World Cup campaign.
Zidane, who led the club to three successive Champions League titles, surprised the sporting world when he stepped down in May.
In a brief statement to announce the appointment, the Madrid giants said the new coach had been appointed on a three-year contract
Both were out of contract this summer.
Buffon was enraged by English referee Michael Oliver’s decision to award Real Madrid a stoppage-time penalty kick during the second leg at the Bernabeu.