Portuguese head of club Nacional Madeira Roy Alves stated that the star Cristiano Ronaldo - who is undergoing exercises in his former club stadium under the self-isolation imposed by the outbreak of the new Corona virus - is "very motivated" and shows "a great desire to return to the competitions."
After moving from Italy, where he defends the colors of the league champion Juventus, to his hometown on Madeira Island, the best player in the world five times, who is 35 years old, undergoes exercises on the stadium, which witnessed its beginnings at the age of ten, before moving to the local Sporting, He then made a great career with Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus.
The president of Nacional Madeira, who leads the second-tier in Portugal, told the Italian newspaper “Tottosport” that “seeing Cristiano record in our stadium brings back my youth. ".
"Two years later, I was the president who moved to Sporting in Lisbon, and he was very good as a child, but it was impossible to imagine him becoming the best player in the history of football."
Alves revealed that Ronaldo called him asking for an opportunity to train at the club's stadium during the period of isolation, adding, "Chris was our son, and he is the best role model for the National Academy."
He explained that Ronaldo - who scored 21 goals in 22 games for Juventus before the suspension of competitions due to an outbreak of Covid-19 disease - appears "determined" and "very motivated" to train in this period, and "he comes here every day, sometimes he comes in the morning, sometimes In the afternoon, it does not stop with his training program. "
Nacional president expected Ronaldo to end his career with Juventus, because he is "very happy" with the Turin city team, where he is trying to lead him to win the Champions League crown he crowned with Manchester United (once) and Real Madrid (4 times).