
The
newspaper said its story was based on a reliable source and that the
32-year-old four-times world player of the year had already made up his mind to
ask the club for a transfer.
It said that
Ronaldo was "deeply disenchanted" with the allegations against him. Record,
another sports daily, carried a similar story.
Ronaldo's
agents could not immediately be reached for comment.
Spanish
prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the player accusing him of defrauding
tax authorities of 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million) by hiding his image
rights income between 2011 and 2014. Ronaldo has denied any wrongdoing.
Real Madrid
said on Thursday they were confident the Portuguese forward had acted legally.
They could not immediately be reached on Friday to comment on the report.
Ronaldo led
Real Madrid to their 12th European Cup earlier this month after scoring two
goals in a 4-1 victory over Juventus in the Champions League final, becoming
the tournament's top scorer.
Ronaldo,
Portugal's all-time leading scorer, is the latest in a long line of soccer
players in Spain -- among them Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Neymar -- to be
caught up in cases over tax or transfers.
Ronaldo has
completed eight seasons at Real Madrid since joining them from Manchester
United in 2009 for a then world record fee of 96 million euros
During that
time, they have won the Champions League three times and La Liga twice. In
November, he agreed to extend his contract until 2021.
He is
currently at the Confederations Cup in Russia with the Portuguese national team
where his team mate Andre Silva said that Ronaldo was motivated for the
tournament.
"All I
can say is that he is motivated, focused on the national team and encouraging
us on to win the tournament," he told a news conference in Kazan, where
Portugal face Mexico on Sunday.
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