Real Madrid News: The former club president said that there was no post-Ronaldo plan

The former Real Madrid president, Vicente Boluda, admitted that he was surprised that the club does not have a plan after the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus.

Ronaldo joined Serie A champions this summer after establishing himself as one of Madrid's greatest players.

The 33-year-old is the top scorer in the history of Real Madrid after scoring 450 goals in 436 games with the club.

Replacing this level of production would never have been easy, but Madrid failed to bring in his former striker Marcelo Diaz and his teenager Vinicius Jr. as summer reinforcement.

Boluda, who was president of Madrid in 2009 – the year Ronaldo arrived from Manchester United – is said to be surprised that the Blancos do not have a better plan in place to replace the production of Ronaldo.

"I will not be the one who will add fuel to the fire, I do not want to immerse myself in the injury, but the 50 goals of Cristiano have been negated and it's a reality," said Boluda. AS.

When asked if he was surprised to see Madrid selling Ronaldo, Boluda said, "All right, but mostly because there was no alternative plan.

"This has to be done with a two or three year program.It is like a business when you decide to take up the board as a whole.This is not something you can to do overnight. "

"Cristiano is gone, the rest is left and nothing happens … Well, what happens is happening, which was inevitable."

While Ronaldo started his career well in Juve, scoring 15 goals in all competitions so far, his former team struggled in his absence.

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Madrid is fourth in the league, 10 points behind Barcelona's rival.

The Blancos have already sacked a coach this season, Julen Lopetegui, and his replacement, Santiago Solari, is under pressure. Argentina has had mixed results since coming to power in October.