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CHELSEA are planning a summer raid for Atalanta midfield magician Ruslan Malinovskyi, according to reports.The £20million-rated Ukraine international playmaker has had an outstanding season for his unfancied Italian club.
Rumours suggest Chelsea are after midfielder Ruslan MalinovskyiCredit: Rex
Malinovskyi has scored nine goals in 41 games, and set up a dozen more, to inspire Atalanta to second in Serie A.
The Bergamo outfit have also reached the Coppa Italia final, where they will face Juventus on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old’s heroics come despite having tested positive for Covid-19 last November.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel will seek to put his own stamp on the Blues’ squad during the close season.
The German has impressively guided the West Londoners to a Champions League final showdown with Manchester City.
But he will be aware there is still work to be done in the transfer market following Saturday’s disappointing FA Cup final defeat to Leicester.
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Malinovskyi is also understood to be a target for newly-crowned Serie A champions Inter Milan as well as Paris Saint-Germain.
However Chelsea’s Russian ownership would offer the 33-cap Ukraine ace extra temptation to move to Stamford Bridge.
The former Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder spent two seasons with Genk, winning the Belgian title in 2019, before a £12million move to Atalanta that year.
He is under contract until 2023.
But reports in Ukraine and Belgium now claim Chelsea will test Atalanta’s resolve to keep him with a substantial post-season bid.
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CRISTIANO RONALDO has fuelled speculation he is leaving Juventus by loading his £17 million car collection into a trailer.The ex-Manchester United star joined the Italian giants in 2018 and still has another year on his £540,000-a-week contract but is cutting a lonely figure in the dressing room.
Cristiano Ronaldo has further fuelled speculation over his futureCredit: Rex
A Lisbon-based company were spotted loaded his fleet of supercars into a truck last nightCredit: Per Sempre Calcio
A neighbour has now described what they saw as the star’s £17m collection was taken awayCredit: Per Sempre Calcio
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Ronaldo, 36, has been linked with a return to first club Sporting Lisbon and is said to be getting cold shouldered by team mates who are fed up at how he is given preferential treatment by club directors.
Last week the entire squad were brought in for an extra day’s training while the Portugese international was treated to a day trip around the Ferrari HQ in Maranello near Bologna.
Now video has emerged of his car collection – which includes a Bugatti, a Mercedes jeep and a Maseratti – being loaded into a trailer overnight by a team of mechanics from a Lisbon-based company.
Footage of the night time operation was posted on an Italian football website called Per Sempre Calcio and it was filmed from a balcony overlooking the garage in Turin where the cars are stored.
The firm moving the cars – Rodo Cargo – is based in the Portugese capital Lisbon and specialises in moving luxury cars belonging to footballers all over the world.
Now an alleged neighbour of Ronaldo’s, named Luciano Saroglia, has called a football talk show to describe what he saw.
Speaking on Radio Punto Nuovo, Luciano said: “Being a proper Turin resident born and bred in the city the only team I support is Torino, the one and only side in the city.
“Three years ago when Ronaldo arrived two trucks turned up and all his cars were off loaded onto the street and they went into the garage.

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“Yesterday evening around 11.30, I looked out the window and saw the same truck that had arrived three years ago, outside on the street with the cars being loaded in.
“It was definitely not a council tow away truck – you could tell. This had two decks for all the cars and was a trailer.”
He continued: “There were a couple of guys there loading the cars and then all of a sudden I saw Ronaldo on the street supervising it all.
“I can’t see them being moved to another part of the city, if you ask me he is off.
“I could hear him talking with the driver and the other guys but it was in Portugese so I didn’t understand it.
The star loves posting images of his cars to social media, including the Bugatti ChironCredit: INSTAGRAM @CRISTIANO
Ronaldo poses outside his former Madrid home on his £1.7m Bugatti VeyronCredit: INSTAGRAM @CRISTIANO
Ronaldo has a matte-black Lamborghini Aventador worth over £200kCredit: Instagram @cristiano
The truck was filmed loading his cars onto it late on Sunday evening
“To be fair to him, the whole time he has been here he has been an ideal neighbour, not one party, no noise and we have never had any reason to complain.
“The benefit for the neighbourhood is that since he moved in the amount of police patrols have increased so if he goes I’m sure that will change.”
Ronaldo’s mother Dolores Aveiro already said she will ‘try to convince’ her son to return to Lisbon, but agent Jorge Mendes denied the Portugal icon will head back to his homeland.
Rumours are rife he may move back to United or even Paris Saint-German as fifth-placed Juve face the prospect of missing out on Champions League football next season.
They are away to second placed Atalanta on Wednesday before facing Bologna in their last game of the season and must win both to have any chance of making Europe’s premier cup competition.
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CRISTIANO RONALDO was ‘happy to be subbed’ for the first time ever, according to Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo.The Portuguese superstar was replaced by Alvaro Morata with 20 minutes left of Juve’s dramatic 3-2 win over Inter Milan on Saturday but apparently remained ‘happy and smiling’ in the dressing room.
Cristiano Ronaldo was ‘happy and smiling’ after being subbed off against Inter Milan, according to Andrea PirloCredit: Rex
The Portuguese ace was replaced by Alvaro Morata with 20 minutes left in the gameCredit: Getty
Ronnie gave his side a 24th minute lead – scoring the rebound from his own missed penalty – to set them on the way to a huge three points in their race for the top four in Serie A.
Former Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku pulled one back for the Italian champions from the spot before ex-Chelsea winger Juan Cuadrado put Juve back in front on the stroke of half-time.
But it looked like Juve’s best laid plans were going to be derailed when midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur saw red for two yellow cards with 35 minutes left.
Pirlo was forced into a reshuffle as his team went down to 10 and Ronnie was hauled off and replaced by Morata.
But despite his previous angry reactions when being subbed, one of the greatest players of all time was not too fussed this time around.
Pirlo told Sky Italia: “I think it was the first time he was happy to be subbed off.
“We were one man down, and he’d have been chasing shadows. He was happy and smiling in the dressing room.”
Inter’s extra man looked to have paid off when Giorgio Chiellini turned into his own net to make it 2-2 with seven minutes to go.
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Chiellini claimed he was being tugged by Lukaku.
But after video replays, the equaliser stood and it was Chiellini who was booked for holding the Belgium striker.
Five minutes later, though, former Man Utd target Ivan Perisic was ruled to have impeded Cuadrado inside the box.
And the Colombia wideman got up to slam home the decisive penalty.
Marcelo Brozovic then summed up a rare afternoon to forget for Inter in their otherwise superb Serie A campaign. 
The Croatia anchorman was dismissed for his second booking, following a late tackle on Cuadrado in the 92nd minute.
Pirlo is under pressure with his side fifth going into the last game of the season.
But the Italian said he is not feeling the heat.
He added: “I haven’t thought about the future. I was only focused on today’s game. We’ll talk about the future later on.”
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RONALDO NAZARIO has been revealed as the most expensive footballer of all time, with the former Inter Milan striker costing a staggering £380million – after inflation.The Brazilian cost Inter £25m in 1997, but the figure would be just under £400m in today’s market.

Ronaldo made his name at Barcelona in 1996, scoring 47 times in 49 matches, before making the move to Italy, where he scored 59 goals in 99 appearances.
After five seasons at the Giuseppe Meazza, Ronaldo moved to Barca’s rivals Real Madrid, winning one LaLiga title.
The 44-year-old won two World Cup’s during his career, with his Brazil side winning the 1994 and 2002 tournaments.
Italian market analysts PlayRatings came up with an algorithm to determine modern day transfer fees for top players of bygone eras.
Diego Maradona, who sadly died aged 60 in November, was the closest to Ronaldo, costing £300m when he joined Napoli from Barcelona in 1984.
Famous for his Hand of God goal against England at the 1986 World Cup, Maradona is regarded as one of finest footballers of all time.
He racked up an impressive 310 goals during his 21-year career.
Michel Platini and Christian Vieri are third and fourth on the list, respectively.
Platini, left French side Saint Etienne for Juventus in 1982 and the attacking midfielder went on to finish his career with the Italian giants after racking up 103 goals in 222 matches.
Two-time World Cup winner Ronaldo was the best striker in the world when he signed for InterCredit: AFP
Maradona achieved legendary status at Stadio San PaoloCredit: AP:Associated Press
Despite costing just £1m 1987, the report revealed Dutch legend Marco van Basten would have cost £289m in the modern game.
Two more Argentinians are next on the list, with Gabriel Batistuta and Gonzalo Higuain costing a whopping £247m and £232m, respectively.
Batistuta left Fiorentina for Roma in 2000 and the striker bagged an incredible 292 goals during his 17-year career.
The 52-year-old also boasted an impressive 54 goals in 77 matches for his country.
Higuain played for some of Europe’s biggest clubs, including Real Madrid and Chelsea, but his transfer from Napoli to Juventus in 2016 would now amount to £232m.

Neymar is the world’s most expensive footballer, after joining Paris Saint-Germain for £199m from Barcelona in 2017, but that fee would have been the least-expensive of the eight players named in the report.
Club team-mate Kylian Mbappe may be the only man who can threaten that fee in the pandemic world.
Real Madrid are said to be hugely keen on the French forward and PSG would expect a mega fee if he wants to leave for Spain.
Neymar still holds the world record transfer feeCredit: Alamy Live News
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