Breaking: Ronaldo Quits Juventus, Jets Out of Italy

Cristiano Ronaldo has left Turin after a goodbye will to his former team-mates as he reportedly looks forward to complete an immediate signing of a new contract at a new club.

Ronaldo Quits Juventus (AP)

Juventus boss Max Allegri has also confirmed his imminent exit from the Italian club.

The Portuguese striker has reportedly agreed to join Manchester City following a meeting with his agent Jorge Mendes and Juventus and an ensuing talk with Pep Guardiola.

The 36-year-old Ronaldo spent an hour and a half at Juve’s Continassa training ground on Friday morning to empty his locker and bid farewell to the squad before they took to the pitch for a training session.

Manager Allegri confirmed Ronaldo told him he has “no intention” to stay at the club and will not be participating in Saturday’s game against Empoli.

“Yesterday, speaking with Cristiano, he told me that he has no intention to stay at Juventus and for this reason, he will not be called up tomorrow (against Empoli) and he didn’t train this morning,” Allegri said.

“I’m absolutely not disappointed, because Cristiano took his own decision. He was here for three years, he gave his contribution, he put himself at Juventus’ disposal, and now he’s leaving and life goes on.

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“Cristiano did a lot for this club, he’s a great champion, I wish him all the luck in the world wherever he will play. He gave a great contribution, for the season that I trained him he led by example for the lads, so he is only to be thanked for what he did for Juventus.”

Ronaldo joined Juventus from Real Madrid in 2018 for a fee in the region of £105m and he has scored 101 goals in 134 games for the club, helping them to two Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia crown and two Italian Super Cups.