Here, an old one!
This is what the residents of Valdebebas, Real Madrid's training center, must have said to themselves when they saw Cristiano Ronaldo land on their facilities this Wednesday.
It is the Spanish media, in particular Marca and Relevo, which echo this surprising return.
Four days after his shock elimination with Portugal in the quarter-finals of the Qatari World Cup against Morocco (1-0), Cristiano Ronaldo, who we left in tears in the corridors of the Al Thumama stadium, is already back on the lawns, "to the surprise of many people present this morning at
Valdebebas”, the
Merengue
training center , writes Relevo.
Alone on a pitch away from Real's first team
However, the Portuguese did not get involved with his former team, which returned to training on December 1 under the whistle of Carlo Ancelotti.
Alone, "Cristiano was able to use a different pitch from that which hosted the first team's training session to carry out a personal session", further specifies Relevo.
According to Marca, the Portuguese simply asked the club for permission to take advantage of the facilities to stay in shape while waiting to find a new club, a request which Real Madrid naturally granted to do a favor for the top scorer of his history.
During the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo had indeed terminated his contract binding him to Manchester United, after the publication of a vitriolic interview on British television in which he unrestrainedly criticized the club and its current coach, the Dutchman Erik Ten. Hag.
His future transfer is a soap opera that should animate the winter transfer window, with the Saudi club of Al-Nassr, trained by the Frenchman Rudi Garcia, who would hold the rope in this file.