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Isco: Real Madrid won’t cry over Ronaldo – he didn’t want to be here!

Isco insists that Real Madrid are refusing to lament Cristiano Ronaldo’s sale to Juventus, querying why they would miss a player who no longer wanted to represent the Blancos.

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo moved to the Serie A champions for €112m (£99m/€129m), including bonuses, during the summer and has left a void that Madrid have struggled to fill.

Indeed, Julen Lopetegui’s side came within a whisker of breaking the club scoring record for minutes without a goal as they crashed to a 2-1 loss to Levante on Saturday, with left-back Marcelo saving their blushes in that regard .