Ronaldo to Juventus: How the Spanish and Italian media reacted to the move

After weeks of rumours, the sensational transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid to Juventus was finally completed on Tuesday.

For a long time it seemed unimaginable that the Portugal star, scorer of 450 Los Blancos goals – although the club remain adamant it is 451 – could represent any other side than Madrid for the rest of his career.

But Serie A heavyweights Juve will stump up €100million, plus a further €12m in additional costs, in one of the most memorable transfers in history.

The football world has been digesting the news ever since the announcement was made, and we have looked at how the media in Spain and Italy reacted.

SPANISH MEDIA

Marca produced one of the most striking pages, documenting each one of Ronaldo’s goals for Madrid with the club badges of who scored against, and labelling him “the legend of 451 goals”.

Hoy te espera en el quiosco una portada histórica de @MARCA #AdiósLeyenda Adiós @Cristiano . pic.twitter.com/v8kCifnE0J

— MARCA (@marca) July 11, 2018

AS were similarly effusive in their praise of Ronaldo and went with: “Ciao, Cristiano. It was great while it lasted.”

“Ciao, Cristiano. It was great while it lasted”, today’s front page of AS. pic.twitter.com/QsvPO672YM

— AS English (@English_AS) July 11, 2018

Perhaps the mood was best summed up by Sport , who had the headline “Shock Cristiano”.

#PortadaSPORT  | ¡Hola a todos!
Esta es nuestra portada de hoy https://t.co/Sd4mh6DqXx pic.twitter.com/L7wMMuBRKp

— Diario SPORT (@sport) July 11, 2018

Mundo Deportivo mocked up an image of Ronaldo in a Juventus shirt, merely writing “CR Seven” with a description of the move.

¡Hola!, aquí os dejamos la portada de Mundo Deportivo del miércoles 11 de julio de 2018 #portada #deportes https://t.co/J3lqGwP5AP pic.twitter.com/NCAcerl757

— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) July 10, 2018

ITALIAN MEDIA

La Gazzetta dello Sport succinctly wrapped up the excitement in the Italian media over Ronaldo’s arrival with their “Arrivo!” headline.

Oggi una #Gazzetta straordinaria!
 Arrivo! @Cristiano è della Juve #CR7AllaJuventus il racconto e le foto esclusive del blitz bianconero L’editoriale: questa rovesciata è un gol per tutti. E molto, molto altro! pic.twitter.com/YserLjK7cT

— LaGazzettadelloSport (@Gazzetta_it) July 11, 2018

Corriere dello Sport also portrayed Ronaldo’s image in a Juve shirt with this effort.

Ecco la #primapagina di oggi: L’accordo col #Real , il blitz di #Andrea , il sogno #CR7 è realtà: la #Juve riaccende la #SerieA ; #Russia2018 , Didì, un posto al sole; Leggi l’ #edizionedigitale https://t.co/GPcfdVKMco pic.twitter.com/z73u3P7Zro

— Corriere dello Sport (@CorSport) July 11, 2018

The deal made front page news on La Stampa .

Buongiorno, ecco la prima pagina di oggi.

Gli aggiornamenti su https://t.co/85UEUCjeLC pic.twitter.com/aHCrDGB78Q

— La Stampa (@LaStampa) July 11, 2018

And Tuttosport also went for a simple, yet elegantly excitable, header merely writing: “Here!”

Ecco la #primapagina dell’edizione odierna:
– #Juve : il colpo del secolo. Eccolo!
– #Ronaldo è bianconero
Leggi l’edizione digitale https://t.co/mcLPYlFdgi pic.twitter.com/D0QLgfkvZr

— Tuttosport (@tuttosport) July 11, 2018