Napoli president questions Juventus’ wisdom for handing Cristiano Ronaldo a £500,000-a-week deal
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has questioned the wisdom of Juventus after the they spent £100m to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Italy.
The Portugal international made the transfer this summer after staying nine years with Real Madrid , during which he scored a total of 451 goals and won four Champions League titles.
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But despite Ronaldo's pedigree, De Laurentiis has said the transfer was more of a marketing mechanism than down to footballing reasons.
'Juventus have made a nice marketing move for the whole FCA group,' he said. 'It's good for fans and sponsors so congratulations, but there is some distance from that to winning the League or the Champions League.
'Ronaldo has a certain age and spending so much on jus...