Gigli has told Radio Punto Nuovo when asked if Ronaldo was the wrong choice for Juve: “Absolutely, yes! I said that on his very first day at Juventus. He is a great champion but is too expensive.
“Now it s up to Juventus. They ve been paying him €1m per goal. [Juve president Andrea] Agnelli must be self-critical, but he doesn t have great collaborators.
He added: “The club should free Ronaldo at the end of the season and the same goes for [Fabio] Paratici. Maybe Agnelli had promoted him to remove him from his position afterwards. This could be the scenario.”
Ronaldo’s record at Juventus
Mar 11, 2021 - 01:51 pm By Staff Reporter
Juventus have been urged to free Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the season by former club president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli.
Ronaldo is currently contracted to the reigning Serie A champions until the end of the 2021/22 season, but former Bianconeri president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli has urged the club to offload their star man long before then.
The 76-year-old, who served as Juve s chief between 2006 and 2009, was speaking about the club s recent struggles when he was asked if the decision to sign Ronaldo from Real Madrid in 2018 had been a mistake. Absolutely, yes! I said that on his very first day at Juventus. He is a great champion but is too expensive, Gigli told Radio Punto Nuovo h/t The World Game.
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Former Juventus President Giovanni Cobolli Gigli believes the Old Lady were wrong to sign Cristiano Ronaldo and hits out at Pavel Nedved and Fabio Paratici.
Juventus were eliminated from the Champions League last 16 at the hands of Porto last night.
“Ronaldo was a wrong signing, absolutely,” the former Juventus President told Radio Punto Nuovo.
“I had said it on his very first day at Juventus. He is a great champion, but he is too expensive. Now it’s up to Juventus. They’ve been paying him €1m per goal. Agnelli must be self-critical, but he doesn’t have great collaborators”.
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Cristiano Ronaldo should never have been signed by Juventus and the club must try to sell the superstar forward at the end of the campaign, according to former president