Carvalho: Madrid misses Ronaldo, I wouldn't have sold him for €200m

Real Betis hosts Real Madrid on Sunday and William Carvalho believes the Champions League holder is missing Cristiano Ronaldo.

Published : Jan 13, 2019 19:08 IST

Cristiano Ronaldo's absence is still keenly felt at Madrid, believes William Carvalho.

Cristiano Ronaldo's absence is still keenly felt at Real Madrid, according to William Carvalho, who would not have sold him even for €200million.

Carvalho's Real Betis hosts his compatriot's former club on Sunday and the Portugal midfielder believes the Champions League holder misses Ronaldo.

He suggested that no amount of money would have lured him into selling the star forward to Juventus, had it been his call to make.

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Asked if Madrid, languishing a relatively lowly fifth in LaLiga, was suffering without Ronaldo's goals, Carvalho told Marca : "Of course, Cristiano is needed in any team in the world and in Real Madrid they notice a little bit, not much, the goals that Cristiano scored.

"But now he's fine, he's good in Juventus and he'll score many goals there.

"It is difficult to know [why he left], I do not know what happened, but I know how Cristiano is, he has an ambition the size of the world, he wants to always do things well and show that he is the best.

"I would not have sold him for €100million. Not for €200million, no."