Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has spoken to the impact record signing Cristiano Ronaldo is set to have at the club and said he thought the transfer was impossible after first hearing rumours regarding the move.
Ronaldo's £100 million move from Real Madrid to Turin escalated quickly after his 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign with Portugal finished. Chiellini told ESPN (h/t MailOnline's Harry Slavin) how impressed he was with the Bianconeri's vision in sealing a transfer he thought would never come off:
"(When I first heard Ronaldo rumours), I said to my friends, 'Nah, it's impossible'.