Former President says Juventus made a big mistake in Recruiting Cristiano Ronaldo

DBasia.news – Former Juventus President of mid 2006-2009, Giovanni Cobolli considered Il Bianconeri have made a mistake in recruiting the Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo. According to him, Juventus paid too much for the player.

Cristiano Ronaldo (36 years old) joined Juventus in 2018 from Real Madrid for a fee of over 100 million euros. Ronaldo came after nine years of great success with Madrid, including winning four Champions League titles.

With the hope of winning the Champions League title that Juventus had won, the club recruited him and paid him with a substantial amount. However, in the last three years Juventus’ journey ended quickly in the Champions League.

After last season failing to qualify from the top 16 of the Champions League after being eliminated by Olympique Lyonnais, Juventus’ journey has been the same this season when Porto eliminated them with an aggressiveness of 4-4 away goals.

Ronaldo is considered by Fabio Capello as the source of Juventus’ elimination. Because when Sergio Oliveira took a free kick, Ronaldo appeared to be afraid of the ball until the ball headed for Juventus’ goal.

Not only that, Cobolli also opened up on the matter. He admitted from the start that Juventus has made the wrong decision when recruiting Ronaldo from Madrid.

“Signing Cristiano Ronaldo was an absolute mistake. I said it from day one. He’s a great player, a champion, but too expensive,” Cobolli told Radio Punto Nuovo.

“Now everything is in the hands of Juventus, who paid him one million euros for every goal he scored,” he added.

The Development of the Juventus squad without Cristiano Ronaldo

Cobolli has advised Juventus to start building a squad while anticipating Ronaldo’s departure. The reason is that currently the player is 36 years old.

“Now Juventus needs rebuilding and must do it without Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the season,” added Cobolli.

In the span of three years Ronaldo has presented two Scudettos and two Italian Super Cup titles. Ronaldo has been coached by three different coaches from Massimiliano Allegri, Maurizio Sarri, until now with Andrea Pirlo.