‘When you have Ronaldo you should never let him go’ – Castro questions Real Madrid’s transfer call from 2018

Real Madrid’s decision to sell Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in 2018 has been questioned by Luis Castro, with the Shakhtar Donetsk boss saying “when you have Cristiano on your team you should never let him go”.

The Blancos stunned the football world when agreeing to offload the five-time Ballon d’Or winner to the Serie A champions.

After nine record-setting years in the Spanish capital, an all-time great was freed to take on a new challenge in Italy.

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