Cristiano Ronaldo’s son has officially joined the Juventus development side just days after he claimed Cristiano Junior will follow in his footsteps.
Ronaldo, 33, joined Juve this month in a club-record deal and relocated from Madrid along with his whole family into the Bianconeri fold.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner recently told DAZN that he is ‘100 percent sure’ his first-born will emulate him on the football pitch. And it seems that his prediction has taken it’s first step to reality.
According to Football Italia, Giovani Bianconeri spotted Cristiano Jr in training today with the Pulcini 2010 squad reserved for Under-9s at the Vinovo ground.
He’s not the only son of a senior Juventus player, as Mattia Barzagli has been in the Juve side for a couple of years along with Davide Marchisio, the son of club legend Claudio.
Cristiano Jr., who turned 8 in June, previously played in a youth academy attached to Madrid.
Until this summer, Juve’s first team would also train at Vinovo, which is now dedicated to the club’s youth teams and women’s team.
In July, the first team moved into a new training centre at the Continassa club headquarters, just a stone’s throw from the Allianz Stadium.