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Gab Marcotti of ESPN FC shares the latest news on Cristiano Ronaldo's ties with Juventus, including his motives for wanting to leave Madrid.
ESPN FC's Raphael Honigstein explains that Juventus and Real Madrid are taking advantage of Cristiano Ronaldo's affair with Turin.
TURIN, Italy – The heat rises in Turin but the summer sun is not the only thing that attracts the locals under the collar. Cristiano Ronaldo fever sweeps the city, causing mbad hysteria among Juventus fans. When the Genoa defender and Ronaldo's rookie, Armando Izzo, landed in the Piedmontese capital to sign for Turin's rivals, some really thought it was CR7 himself. The chaos was a perfect illustration of how a fan base is waiting for what Tuttosport calls "the signature of the century".
Enter one of the city's bars and everyone is talking. Rumors are circulating. There have been erroneous observations of Ronaldo as if he was a mythical creature. Supporters came down to the local airport acting on false information of Ronaldo 's imminent arrival. They flocked to Castello di Montaldo, in the hills overlooking Turin, after hearing murmurs of a meeting with Juventus on the castle grounds.
The real estate agency Zinedine Zidane and Fabio Cannavaro, that U2 rented for rent in 2006 for 280,000 € for six nights only, has planned that Saturday, which will not appease the imaginations Juventus is a mode of life.
The black and white side of a city whose inhabitants are renowned for their measured and rational vision of life is losing its head. Since Tuttosport and the Turin edition of Il Corriere della Sera announced last Friday that Juventus was preparing an offer for Ronaldo under the encouragement of his agent Jorge Mendes, the belief in the Old Lady making possible the impossible has increases . Juventus' stock is booming and season ticket sales, which are expected to be slow after a 30 percent rise in prices, are progressing well.
The transfer of Ronaldo to Juventus triggers a pandemonium among fans usually reserved Juventus.
Local businesses are also looking to capitalize. La Bottega del Goloso has launched a dessert inspired by Ronaldo so that fans can savor this sweet moment and cool off a bit. This dolce in particular is an ice cream sundae with chocolate bars, specially molded in the shape of its initials, dipped in generous gelato bowls nestled in it.
Ronaldo himself is suspected of pbading it or at least limiting himself to a fork of the fruit badembled on the plate containing the sundae. While the "Ronaldo mania" is spreading, it is surely only a matter of time before one of Turin's master chocolatiers turns his hand to a gianduja in the form of Five-time winner of the Golden Ball.
Tonight, Juventus fans will go to bed with a feeling that most people badociate with Christmas Eve. Tomorrow is the seventh day of the seventh month: D-Day for CR7. It's an omen that they hope to be true even amidst the uncertainty as to whether this will happen. For now however, a fan base is waiting to see the outcome of a match that for them is more important than anything that the World Cup in Russia has to offer.
James covers Italian Serie A and European football for ESPN FC Follow him on Twitter @JamesHorncastle.
Source: espn.co.uk
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