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Juventus Star: It Would've Been Better If Cristiano Ronaldo Left Earlier

Juventus Star: It Would've Been Better If Cristiano Ronaldo Left Earlier

A current Juventus star claims it would have been better for the team if Cristiano Ronaldo left earlier than he did.

Ronaldo's three-year stay in Turin came to an end in the last transfer window after completing a return to Manchester United in the final week of the last transfer window.

Veteran defender Giorgio Chiellini feels Ronaldo's late departure in the transfer window did not help the team's start to the season.

"We had arrived at a point in our relationship where Cristiano needed new goals and a team that would play for him, because when he finds a team like that he is decisive. He is proving it in these months and he has also shown it with us.

"Here at Juventus, a programme of rejuvenation and restarting was born. If Ronaldo had stayed, he would have been an added value, but it is normal that he thought more about the present than the future.

"Ronaldo left on August 28, it would have been better for us if he had left earlier. We paid something for it, a little bit of a shock, we paid something for it in terms of points. If he had left earlier we would have had time to prepare better."

10. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid/Belgium) – $35 millio
10. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid/Belgium) – $35 million in total earnings
9. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales) – $32 million i
9. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales) – $32 million in total earnings
8. Paul Pogba (Manchester United/France) – $34 mil
8. Paul Pogba (Manchester United/France) – $34 million in total earnings
7. Andres Iniesta (Vissel Kobe/Spain) – $35 millio
7. Andres Iniesta (Vissel Kobe/Spain) – $35 million in total earnings
6. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland) – $35
6. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland) – $35 million in total earnings
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt) – $41 million i
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt) – $41 million in total earnings
4. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain/France) – $4
4. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain/France) – $43 million in total earnings
3. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain/Brazil) – $95 milli
3. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain/Brazil) – $95 million in total earnings
2. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain/Argentina) –
2. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain/Argentina) – $110 million in total earnings
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal)–
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal)– $125 million in total earnings

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