Cristiano Ronaldo, after a long silence, revealed the main reason why he left the Madrid "Real" club.
The 33-year-old Portuguese unexpectedly decided to make changes this summer and turned to Turin's "Juventus". The Madrid team received 100 million euros for their legend.
Both sides decided not to talk about the reasons for the departure, but Ronaldo eventually told the "France Football" magazine that he no longer felt appreciated by the club president.
"Perez almost never looked at me, our relationships were purely professional. What he said to me was never from the heart.
I felt that in the club, especially in Perez's eyes, I was no longer seen as in the beginning. In the first 4-5 years, I felt like Cristiano Ronaldo. Later - no.
Florentino looked at me with cold eyes and didn't want to say what he had said before. I began to understand that I was no longer 'necessary' to them, if you know what I mean.
That was the reason why I decided to think about leaving. Sometimes I look at the news and see them saying that I asked for permission to leave, but the truth was that Florentino didn't try to keep me.
If I wanted more money, I would have left for China or somewhere else. "In Juventus" I earn almost the same amount as in Madrid", said the football player.
Asked if Zinedine Zidane's departure did not contribute to his departure, the Portuguese answered: "No, that was not the reason, but his departure made me somewhat happy because it showed the situation in the club."
