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Stunning €340m Ronaldo transfer to Juventus would revive Italian football

It may be an awful lot of money for a 33-year-old but the Portuguese superstar's arrival would give Serie A a priceless boost in popularity

He couldn’t, could he? Could Ronaldo really leave Real Madrid for Juventus? We know talks are ongoing. We know Ronaldo is unsettled. But he couldn’t, could he?

Lothar Matthaus can’t see it happening. Like so many others, he just can’t get his head around it: why would the five-time Ballon d’Or winner move to Serie A?

"I don't believe it, and I still think he will stay at Madrid," the former Inter midfielder told the Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday.