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The 2018 World Cup is underway! For a whole month, "the beautiful game" will be the center of the sports world. From humble beginnings to the biggest sporting event in the world, here's how it happened.
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Ronaldo and Portugal were eliminated in the Round of 16 World Cup (Photo: Tim Groothuis, Witters Sport-USA TODAY (HUI Sports)

MOSCOW – The release of Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup has not prevented the Portuguese star from attracting much attention, as evidenced by the reports Tuesday that link him from Real Madrid to Italian Juventus.

Ronaldo, reigning The winner of the Golden Ball – awarded by the best player in the world – could sign with the Serie A champion for a $ 145 million contract, according to the TV show Spanish "Jugones", report collected by many media

. a saga that may still have some distance to go.

There is a growing sense that his stay in Madrid has come to an end naturally. Last season, Ronaldo won his fourth Champions League title with the club and became frustrated that his salary was lower than that of his rival, Lionel Messi of Barcelona

It would still be a big surprise if Ronaldo ended up Turin, or else he signs it before the end of the World Cup – even though Portugal gave in to Uruguay in the round of 16.

There are other teams that design it as he leaves Madrid, especially Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United. He spent six years at United at the beginning of his career and has long been linked to a return there, while PSG has shown its willingness to invest considerable sums in the elite talent after having makes Neymar the most expensive player in the world. President Florentino Perez said that the consequences of the release of the World Cup Portugal were not the right time to discuss Ronaldo's future. Given that the player's agent, Jorge Mendes, is a close ally of the Agnelli family who owns Juventus, it remains possible that it is a power play to help Mendes make things happen on a new contract [19659008]. No longer in the biggest football tournament, he is still firmly on the radar.

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