Real Madrid have no need to bring in cover for Cristiano Ronaldo “for the sake of it”, says Roberto Carlos, with the Blancos right to bide their time in the transfer market.
Having seen the club’s all-time leading goalscorer and five-time Ballon d’Or winner head for the exits over the summer, the €100 million (£88m/$116m) generated from a deal with Juventus was expected to be reinvested into Julen Lopetegui’s squad.
Real did make a move to bring Mariano Diaz back to the club from Lyon, and handed him Ronaldo’s No. 7 shirt, but there were no marquee additions made by a side famed for their ‘Galactico’ recruitment policy.