Cristiano Ronaldo rejected €200mn CSL move in favour of Juventus

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Bengaluru, July 9: Emerging as Real Madrid’s all-time greats and a living legend in a span of less than a decade was no joke for Cristiano Ronaldo. An athlete always motivated by new challenges and surprises, money was indeed never the motive for the Portuguese forward to consider a move away from Madrid.

Ronaldo rocked the Spanish capital soon after their historic third straight Champions League. The Portuguese hinted that he might have played the last match for Real Madrid. And soon after Portugal’s journey in the Russia World Cup ended, he has been heavily linked to Juventus.

And according to Tuttosport claims, the Portuguese superstar was presented with a two-year, £177million deal by an unnamed CSL club. But the money was never a problem for Ronaldo, who is currently the third highest paid star behind Neymar and Messi.

Reports suggest that his relationship with club president Florentino Perez had turned sour, after the Madrid chief's lack of support in the tax fraud case and failure to hand a new contract to Ronaldo, which was promised to him after 2017 Champions League win over Juventus.

Also, the prospect of performing on a new challenge had already excited Ronaldo and Juventus will undoubtedly offer this in the Serie A. Unlike some major European Leagues, the Italian is one of the few Leagues not dominated by top three or four clubs, but with almost 10 clubs battling for the Scudetto.

Juventus have been far more successful than the Chinese club in their attempts to prise the forward away from the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, with a 30 million euro per season contract mooted.

Carlos Tevez, Oscar, Hulk, Yannick Carrasco and Nicolas Gaitan have all made the move to Asia on lucrative contracts in recent times, but Ronaldo feels he still has a lot to give at the top level. Although this being said, it is Ronaldo’s wish to play in the MLS before he retires at an estimated age of 41 years.