You will always be in my heart, says Cristiano Ronaldo as he departs Juventus to join United
Football | August 27, 2021 23:31 ISTRonaldo is heading back to Manchester United, the team that turned him into a global superstar.
Ronaldo is heading back to Manchester United, the team that turned him into a global superstar.
Ronaldo, who has been FIFA's world player of the year five times, has only one year left on his contract at Juventus, which he joined from Real Madrid in 2018.
The Portugal great's departure has been rumored for months, with Paris Saint-Germain — and a dream team of him and Lionel Messi — or Manchester City the likeliest destinations.
Two mistakes from goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saw his side relinquish an early two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Udinese in Serie A.
Despite continued reports that the Portugal forward was set to leave Serie A, Allegri said that Ronaldo "never showed the intention to leave Juventus".
The 23-year-old Locatelli has joined initially on a two-year loan deal and the move will then be made permanent for a fee of up to 35.5 million euros, Juventus said.
Juventus and the Italian soccer federation said Friday that Boniperti passed away during the night, without giving a cause of death. Italian media reported that the former Italy captain died from heart failure.
Along with Real Madrid and Barcelona, Juventus is one of the few remaining holdouts refusing to renounce the Super League among the 12 founding members of the failed project.
Allegri won five straight Serie A titles with Juventus, including four league and cup doubles, and also reached two Champions League finals. He was fired by the club two years ago.
Juventus did not say in Friday's statement whose decision it was to go, but reports in Italy say the 42-year-old Pirlo was fired.
In a long Instagram post, the Portuguese star felt he has achieved everything he wanted to in Italy and thanked everyone for being part of this journey.
The Juventus footballer treated his fans with a touch of genius in the second half when he set up Chiesa inside the box with a first-touch backheel pass as Juve lift Italian Cup with 2-1 win.
Dejan Kulusevski and Federico Chiesa scored for Juventus, either side of Ruslan Malinovskyi’s equalizer for Atalanta shortly before halftime.
The victory couldn't have come at a better time as it keeps them in the race for the Champions League as the fifth-placed Juve remains within three points of second-placed Atlanta at 72 points.
The 43-year-old Buffon announced Tuesday that when his contract expires in June it will definitively be the end of his time with the Bianconeri.
While AC Milan and Inter Milan backed out of the ill-fated bid to form a breakaway competition, Juventus remains the lone holdout in Italy.
The other nine clubs who formed the ill-fated Super League three weeks ago accepted a settlement on Friday to be fined by UEFA and stay within the open Champions League structure.
Antonio Conte, a lifelong Juventus fan and former coach and player, could wrest the Serie A title from the nine-time defending Italian champions and bring it to Inter Milan.
There’s been nothing “super” over the past six rounds from nine-time defending Serie A champion Juventus, which was one of the clubs leading the charge for the breakaway Super League.
Atalanta, the Italian league's ongoing Cinderella story, beat the Bianconeri 1-0 with a late goal from Ruslan Malinovskyi on Sunday to leapfrog Andrea Pirlo’s team into third place.
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