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Cristiano Ronaldo plays for Juventus FC.
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  • An Italian news site published video of Cristiano Ronaldo's supercars being loaded onto a truck.
  • The video fuelled speculation that Ronaldo could leave Juventus this summer after a torrid year.
  • Juventus faces its worst season in 10 years, and Ronaldo is reportedly shunned by teammates.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has added further fuel to speculation that he could leave Juventus this summer after video footage showing the star's supercar collection being loaded into a removals van was shared by Italian media.

On Monday, Italian football site Per Sempre Calcio shared footage showing a number of cars, including a grey Ferrari and a Mercedes G-Wagon, being loaded into a car transporter.

Per Sempre Calcio reports that seven cars were loaded onto the truck, though video published by the site only shows two cars actually entering it.

It is unclear where the cars are being moved, although the truck being loaded bears the name, Rodocargo, a haulage firm based in Lisbon, home of Ronaldo's mother, and of his breakout professional club, Sporting Lisbon.

Last week, Ronaldo's mother, Dolores Aveiro, said she is trying to lure the star back to Portugal amid growing uncertainty about his future in Italy.

Ronaldo's future status at Juventus, Italy's biggest and most-famous club, is unknown after a tumultuous season in which results have gone against the club on the field, and Ronaldo has reportedly fallen out with his teammates.

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A screenshot from video footage of Ronaldo's cars.
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In 2020/21, Juventus endured its worst year in almost a decade. The club is currently fifth in the Serie A table with just one game to play, with Juve needing either Napoli or AC Milan to lose its final game of the season to give Ronaldo's side a chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League next year.

Ronaldo has played in the Champions League every year since 2003, and has only ever made two appearances in the Europa League, the European club competition below the Champions League. He made those appearances in 2002, aged 17.

Juventus faces playing in the Europa League next season, and Italian transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has reported that Ronaldo will ask to leave Juve if he is unable to play in the Champions League.

Off the field, it has been reported that Ronaldo has been "abandoned" by his Juventus teammates, many of whom are sick of the special treatment he apparently receives from managers and club officials alike.

That unrest came to a head last week when Ronaldo was allowed to skip training to visit a Ferrari factory and buy a nearly $2 million supercar. The visit came less than 24 hours after the team had suffered a heavy defeat to close rival AC Milan.

Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reported, via Spanish football site AS, that Ronaldo has been ostracized by his teammates more and more in recent months.

Last week's visit to Ferrari, it said, was the final nail in the coffin for some players, many of whom were "surprised and disappointed" with his absence from training.

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