Cristiano
Ronaldo will play his last home league Clasico next Saturday with his
slow divorce from Real Madrid coming to an inevitable conclusion next
May.
That’s
the opinion of sources close to the Spanish club he joined in 2009 –
and it’s a theory backed up by the fact that Real Madrid snubbed the
London film Premiere of the player’s film last Monday.
Ronaldo
goes into the game against Barcelona having failed to score in 12 of
the 18 games he has played for club and country this season but the
seeds of separation have more to do with the player’s relationship with
the club than his form.
They
are rooted in Real Madrid’s desire to cash-in on a player who will be
31 by the end of the season but would still command a huge fee in the
transfer market.
The
first cracks appeared in the Real – Ronaldo relationship at the end of
last season when the player publicly called the club out for the sacking
of Carlo Ancelotti.
Ronaldo tweeted: ‘Great coach and amazing person. Hope we work together next season’ along with a photograph of himself and Ancelotti before the sacking was confirmed.
Players
and staff at the club already knew that Ancelotti would not be kept on
and it was seen as a clear message to the president who had decided to
fire the Italian and hire Rafa Benitez.
If
the club thought Ronaldo was taking them on over Benitez’s appointment,
the player interpreted the new manager’s comments in much the same way
when Benitez made a point on several occasions in press conferences of
refusing to say that he thought Ronaldo was the best player, first at
the club, and then, that he had trained.
Source: DailyMail
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