MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo does not provide an indication that he wants to leave Juventus and is expected to return to Turin later this month, said club director Pavel Nedved on Wednesday.
“Cristiano is on vacation.
We don’t have a signal from the entourage he wants to leave.
We are waiting for him and he will return around July 25 as scheduled,” said Nedved at the opening calendar for the season 2021-2022.
, The 36-year-old Portuguese international has one year remaining in his contract.
His future has doubted after a difficult campaign where Juventus loses their Serie A crown after nine years, leaving the Champions League at the last 16 and only sealed fourth place and elite European football on the last day.
Juventus open next season in Udinese with Massimilano Allegri excited when he returned as coach two years after being fired despite winning five consecutive league titles with Turin clubs.
“There is a certain routine with Allegri for five years,” said Nedved.
“Then he left for two years to take a small vacation but now he returns with great motivation.” Former Czech Republic International Nedved agreed that Juventus might celebrate more in the fourth finishing at the end of last season than winning ‘Scudetto’ in 2020 with Maurizio Sarri.
“I thought it was true when Sarri said we didn’t celebrate the Scudetto very much, because maybe it came naturally because we had won so much.” We tried again with Andrea Pirlo (coach last season), but we ended up fourth.
We celebrate that achievement after a complicated season might be more for many suffering.
“Nedved confirmed that the club was interested in midfielder Sassuolo Manuel Locatelli after his appearance with Italy in winning the Euro 2020.” We left the boy with tranquility in Europe.
He is a Sassuolo player and there will be time to overcome this problem.
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