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Cristiano Ronaldo's multimillion-dollar supercar collection was seen being loaded onto a truck as speculation about his future grows

May 18, 2021, 18:02 IST
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Cristiano Ronaldo plays for Juventus FC.Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images
  • An Italian news site published video of Cristiano Ronaldo's supercars being loaded onto a truck.
  • The video fueled speculation that Ronaldo could leave Juventus this summer after a tough year.
  • Juventus faces its worst season in 10 years, and Ronaldo is said to be shunned by teammates.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has added further fuel to speculation that he could leave Juventus this summer after video footage of the star's supercar collection being loaded into a van was shared by the Italian media.

On Monday, the Italian soccer site Per Sempre Calcio shared footage showing several cars, including a gray Ferrari and a Mercedes G-Wagon, being loaded into a car transporter.

Per Sempre Calcio reports that seven cars were loaded onto the truck, though video published by the site shows only two cars entering it.

It is unclear where the cars are being moved, though the truck being loaded bore the name Rodocargo, a haulage firm based in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Ronaldo's mother and of his breakout professional club, Sporting Lisbon.

Last week, Ronaldo's mother, Dolores Aveiro, said she was trying to lure the star back to Portugal amid growing uncertainty about his future in Italy.

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Ronaldo's future at Juventus, Italy's biggest and best-known club, is unclear after a tumultuous season in which results have gone against the club on the field and Ronaldo has reportedly fallen out with his teammates.

A screenshot from video footage of Ronaldo's cars.Screenshot/Per Sempre Calcio

In 2020-2021, Juventus endured its worst year in almost a decade. The club is fifth in the Serie A table with just one game to play, with Juve needing either Napoli or AC Milan to lose its final game of the season to give Ronaldo's side a chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League next year.

Ronaldo has played in the Champions League every year since 2003 and has made only two appearances in the Europa League, the European club competition below the Champions League. He made those appearances in 2002, when he was 17.

Juventus faces playing in the Europa League next season, and the Italian transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has reported that Ronaldo will ask to leave Juve if he is unable to play in the Champions League.

Off the field, it has been reported that Ronaldo has been "abandoned" by his Juventus teammates, many of whom are said to be sick of the special treatment he apparently receives from managers and club officials alike.

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That unrest came to a head last week when Ronaldo was allowed to skip training to visit a Ferrari factory and buy a nearly $2 million supercar. The visit came less than 24 hours after the team had suffered a heavy defeat to its close rival AC Milan.

The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reported, via the Spanish football site AS, that Ronaldo had been ostracized by his teammates more and more in recent months.

Last week's visit to Ferrari, it said, was the final nail in the coffin for some players, many of whom were described as "surprised and disappointed" with his absence from training.

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