Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus: World Cup star welcomes Real Madrid transfer
GETTY Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus: The Real Madrid star is edging closer to a move to Serie A
Cristiano Ronaldo has been strongly linked with leaving Real Madrid this summer with Juve now the favourites to land the forward. The Serie A champions are said to have made an offer of around £88m with the European champions considering cashing in on the 33-year-old. And Matuidi, who is currently at the World Cup with France, would welcome the arrival of the former Manchester United star. "I'm not going to lie it would be just great," he said.
GETTY Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus: Blaise Matuidi wants the Portugal star to join him
It would be great to have one of the best players in the world with Juventus in the same club that I am Blaise Matuidi on Cristiano Ronaldo
"It would be great to have one of the best players in the world with Juventus in the same club that I am. "It would be great for the club and for the Juventus players. "However, today I'm a player of the French national team and we have bigger fish to fry, no?" While Ronaldo’s World Cup dream ended last week with defeat to Uruguay in the last-16, Matuidi is preparing for France’s quarter-final tie with the South Americans on Friday (3pm). However, Matuidi will have to watch from the dugout as he is serving a one-game suspension for picking up two yellow cards.
Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus: Eight players who could be sold to fund £88m transfer Wed, July 4, 2018 Express Sport takes a look at which Juventus players could be sold to fund a move for Cristiano Ronaldo Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 9 Cristiano Ronaldo has been linked with a stunning move to Juventus but who could the Serie A side sell to fund the deal?