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Cristiano Ronaldo has trained at Real Madrid’s Valdebebas training ground for a second day as the 37-year-old looks to stay fit while looking for a new club.
The Portuguese star trained alone this Wednesday at the facilities, according to The Spanish medium Relayafter the elimination of his country in the World Cup.
Ronaldo has been a free agent since he terminated his contract with Manchester United last month following his explosive interview with Piers Morgan.
According to reports, Cristiano Ronaldo will spend a few days working at Real Madrid’s training ground.
It has been reported that the 37-year-old asked Real Madrid president Florentino Perez if he could train in Valdebebas a few days after his country’s loss to Morocco in the World Cup quarter-final in Qatar.
Perez gave Ronaldo the green light to use his facilities, reportedly telling the Portuguese star: “Of course, this is your house.”
And on Thursday, the striker spent a second day at his former club as reports indicated that I had returned to the training ground.
Ronaldo cemented his legacy as one of the greatest soccer players ever during his nine-year spell at the Santiago Bernabéu after moving to Spain in a world record £80 million deal from Man United.
Ronaldo (pictured in 2018) left Real Madrid for Juventus four years ago and is now a free agent.
With Real, he won two Leagues and four Champions Leagues, while four of his five Ballon d’Ors were awarded to him during his time at the club.
It would have been emotional for Ronaldo to return to the club’s training ground after what has been a tumultuous period for the Portuguese forward since he switched from Real Madrid to Juventus in 2018.
But he had to train away from the club’s current crop of players, which is led by his former manager Carlo Ancelotti.
Ronaldo had a good relationship with Madrid president Pérez, who stated in 2019 on Onda Cero: ‘Cristiano Ronaldo has never created a problem in Madrid. He has been an example and I will remember him as the best player we have signed.
“He has always been exemplary, a professional like the top of a pine tree. I have always had a perfect relationship with him and I have never had any personal or financial problems.
Ronaldo is arguably the best player in Real Madrid’s history after a trophy-laden nine-year stint.
However, Ronaldo said that Pérez’s attitude towards him had changed before his departure from the Bernabéu.
“I felt within the club, especially from the president, that they no longer considered me in the same way as at the beginning,” he told France Football in an interview in 2018.
‘In the first four or five years there I had the feeling of being ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’. Less after. The president looked at me with eyes that didn’t mean the same thing, as if I were no longer indispensable to them, if you know what I mean.
It’s a quick comeback for Ronaldo, as most players are given a week to relax and recuperate after their respective World Cup outings.
Ronaldo wasted no time in returning to training, and his search for a new club is probably a big factor behind that.
His contract at United was terminated following his interview with Morgan, in which he said he felt “betrayed” by the club and “had no respect” for manager Erik ten Hag.
The drama continued to follow him into the World Cup after manager Fernando Santos ruled him out for his World Cup matches with Switzerland and Morocco.
Ronaldo has wasted no time after the elimination of Portugal in the World Cup in the round of 16 against Morocco
This led to reports that he threatened to leave Portugal, something both he and the country’s football federation denied.
He came off the bench in both games but was unable to make a good impression as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by the African nation.
With the legendary striker turning 38 in February, his list of options appears to be limited.
One party interested in Ronaldo’s services is reportedly Antero Henrique, director of the Qatar Stars League.
Henrique is said to have addressed Ronaldo directly to express his interest in bringing him back to the gulf nation after the World Cup.
He is hopeful that Ronaldo will join a Qatari club, but the player’s agent, Jorge Mendes, is working on a different proposal, the report states.
Ronaldo left Manchester United last month after his explosive interview with Piers Morgan
There were also reports that Ronaldo could join Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr on January 1.
But sources close to Ronaldo told Sportsmail that reports that a deal had been completed were “nonsense”.
Ronaldo’s search for a new club could be done without the help of his agent Jorge Mendes.
It’s been reported that his nearly two-decade relationship with Mendes is beginning to unravel with the player and agent seemingly at odds over his next destination.
The economic demands of the Portuguese star do not help if he wants to stay in Europe.
Ronaldo said goodbye to £16m after leaving his £500,000-a-week contract at Man United seven months earlier.
His search for a new club has reportedly been hampered by a “difficult relationship” with agent Jorge Mendes.