For the second day running, reports out of Iberia are singing from the same hymn sheet.
On Wednesday it was the turn of El Confidencial to announce that Cristiano Ronaldo plans to leave Real Madrid.
On Thursday the story is taken one step further by Portuguese paper Record.
Record splashed Ronaldo on their front cover.
In an explosive revelation, Record claim Cristiano Ronaldo has reached the “irreversible” decision that he’s leaving Real Madrid.
Moreover, readers are told that the Cristiano Ronaldo “auction can start”.
Record repeated the widely reported source of breakdown between Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid.
Florentino Perez is accused of having told Jorge Mendes and Cristiano that he will get a significant pay raise, yet no such agreement has been finalised.
For the record, Leo Messi earns 55 million euros net a season. Ronaldo earns 21 million euros, while Neymar nets 38 million euros at PSG.
Record report that Jorge Mendes sat down with Perez on Tuesday to discuss Ronaldo’s future.
Once again Real Madrid failed to up their salary offer. In turn it’s reported that Ronaldo is leaving the Santiago Bernabeu.
Record close out their article with a few powerful sentences. As translated by Sport Witness, readers are told:
At this moment, the decision is inevitable and irreversible: Ronaldo will leave Real. Now the auction is open. Those who desire the best in the world, have the green light to go forward.