The agent of former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has suggested that the club's leading marksman Cristiano Ronaldo could follow his former team-mate away from the La Liga club.
Santos Marquez, whose own client departed the Santiago Bernabeu under a cloud this summer after a quarter of a century, says the fact that Ronaldo has decided to sign an image rights deal with a non-Real Madrid entity could be the beginning of the end of his time at Real.
Ex-Manchester United winger, Ronaldo, signed with Mint Media last month - a company owned by Valencia CF owner Peter Lim.
With suggestions that all is not rosy between Ronaldo and Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez, Marquez told Spanish sports daily AS that he thinks moves are afoot.
"One day [Perez] will need to explain why Cristiano works for another company outside of Real Madrid," he said.
"Imagine Cristiano generating €40 million elsewhere and giving it to Peter Lim, Valencia’s owner. It ends up in Valencia’s coffers and that's deplorable. Will anyone speak out and ask Florentino why Cristiano has sold his image rights to Peter Lim? That’s not normal; it suggests that Cristiano is planning to leave."
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