Juventus boss Max Allegri shrugs off Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure to Man United

Massimiliano Allegri has performed down the influence of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s departure to Manchester United, saying the Portuguese star ‘did not need to play for Juventus anymore.’

The 36-year-old accomplished his return to Outdated Trafford for an preliminary price of £12.85million shortly earlier than the switch deadline.

Ronaldo might make the primary look of his second spell at United once they entertain Newcastle within the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

Cristiano Ronaldo is making ready for his Manchester United return however at his former membership Juventus, there’s a want to shut the chapter and transfer on

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri stated Ronaldo ‘did not need to play for the membership anymore’

However over in Turin there’s a want to attract a line beneath Ronaldo’s three years with the membership.

‘Ronaldo did not need to play for Juventus anymore, so he returned to United,’ Juventus coach Allegri stated forward of their journey to Napoli on Saturday.

‘It might have been his final season at Juventus, so we anticipated what we’d have accomplished subsequent summer season.

‘Cristiano spent three superb years at Juventus and we want him the very best, however life goes on.

‘I do not like to consider what might have occurred, in life it’s good to be sensible.

The Portuguese star scored 101 objectives in 134 matches for Juventus in three seasons on the membership

Ronaldo noticed a late winner disallowed by VAR on his final Juventus outing in opposition to Udinese 

‘Right here at Juventus, the group has all the time received trophies, not the only footballer.

‘Now we have this attribute in our DNA manufactured from self-love and sacrifice. With a view to be aggressive and win, we will need to have ambition and keenness.’

Ronaldo solely performed half-an-hour of soccer for Juventus this season earlier than shifting to United. He got here off the bench for the ultimate half-hour at Udinese on August 22, scoring a final minute headed winner that was disallowed by VAR in a 2-2 draw.

Juventus then surprisingly misplaced 1-0 at residence to Empoli as Allegri’s return to the membership began poorly.

Ronaldo will get all the way down to work in coaching forward of his second coming for Manchester United

In all, Ronaldo scored 101 objectives in 134 matches for Juventus over his three seasons there, serving to them win two Serie A titles and final season’s Coppa Italia.

Juventus might be with out a number of key gamers for his or her journey to Naples, with Allegri deciding to not choose Paulo Dybala, Alex Sandro and Rodrigo Bentancur following their journeys to South America for World Cup qualifiers. Juan Cuadrado can also be sick.

‘I made a decision to go away the South People at residence as a result of they’ll return too late,’ Allegri stated.