Chelsea pay Cristiano Ronaldo fee?

By Football Italia staff

There are growing reports Juventus will pay for Cristiano Ronaldo by selling Gonzalo Higuain and Daniele Rugani to Chelsea for €100m.

The transfer for the Real Madrid legend was completed today at a cost of €100m, payable in two financial years, plus €12m in formation fees to his previous clubs.

Multiple Italian sources now suggest Juve will pay for the massive deal thanks to Chelsea finally being able to hire Maurizio Sarri from Napoli.

The Coach has an excellent rapport still with ex-Napoli striker Higuain, whose position at Juve with the arrival of CR7 would be under serious threat.

They’d resolve two problems in one fell swoop by sending Higuain to reunite with Sarri at Chelsea for around €60m.

Another Bianconeri player Sarri wants at Stamford Bridge is centre-back Rugani, who worked with him at Empoli.

Although Rugani gets precious little playing time in Turin, he is still a very young and promising defender who is expected to be the future of the Italy side.

He has also already been replaced by the arrival of Mattia Caldara from Atalanta, so selling Rugani for €40m would be a huge profit.

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