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Juve's Odd Couple: The Early Days of Maurizio Sarri and Cristiano Ronaldo

When Cristiano Ronaldo is your star player, it makes sense to understand how his brain works at the soonest possible moment.

It was that outlook which led to Maurizio Sarri requesting a personal meeting with the Portugal international as soon as the Juventus board agreed to make him their new manager.

The former Chelsea head coach wanted to get inside Ronaldo's head: understand why he moved to Turin, listen to the things that went well (and not so well) last season and begin to visualise how he would best fit into a Juventus team that plays Sarri-ball.