Cristiano Ronaldo would be a huge loss for Real Madrid despite being 32 – Craig Burley

Ronaldo has told Real Madrid he wants to leave the club after eight years at the Bernabeu.

The Portuguese superstar is angry after Spanish prosecutors accused him of avoiding paying almost £13million in tax.

Following his revelation, some pundits have claimed it might be a good time for Real and Ronaldo to go their separate ways.

But Burley says the 32-year-old showed in the Champions League, where he scored 10 goals in the knockout stages, that he is still as vital as ever for Los Blancos.

“They’re going to have to move on at some point,” the former Chelsea midfielder said on ESPN FC.

“But we should remember, this is a guy who scored a hat-trick in back-to-back quarter-finals and semi-finals and scored two in the final, when six-12 months ago after the Euros, we had discussions about has his legs gone? 

“So he’s still very much in the forefront of what Real Madrid do well. 

“He might not affect a game for 90 minutes like he used to, but he’s still as important at the important moments as the Champions League Final showed. 

“So I would say yeah, at this moment in time, he would be a big loss, a huge loss to Real Madrid.”

A return to Manchester United would be a possibility for Ronaldo, who received £80million for his signature in 2009.

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