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Speaker: But just to come back on your points on Ronaldo, he's earning 30 or 31 million net a season. And so that becomes engrossed. That becomes around about 54, 55 a year that Juventus are paying. And for me, that illustrates the whole how everything was so flawed when Juventus signed Ronaldo, because if you're going to spend so big on someone like Ronaldo to win you the Champions League, it makes no sense that the rest of the team and the rest of the squad is just not up to the standards required to help bring that about.
Speaker: The following is a clip from this week's Italian football podcast.
Speaker: What's happened is that Juventus are basically spending all their budget on Ronaldo. And as a result, there's other areas of the team that are just not strong enough. The midfield obviously is just not good enough to win the Champions League. But then you've got other gaps in the squad, in the striker position, the lack of depth in the fullback positions. Being able to rebuild the squad, they need Ronaldo off the books.
Speaker: to be able to afford the salaries and to bring in these new players, especially in a climate where Juventus just announced their losses. It was something like 130 million in the first six months of this season, which is just horrendous.
