Cristiano Ronaldo has sensationally told a Spanish court that he wants to return to England, just days before his Real Madrid team take on former side Manchester United in the Uefa Super Cup.
Ronaldo was in court this week as part of the investigation into his alleged £13.25m tax fraud, and extracts from the session have been released by Spanish radio station Cadena Ser.
One of the excerpts includes the Portuguese forward reportedly saying to the judge: "I never had a problem in England… that’s why I would like to go back to England."
Rumours about Ronaldo wishing to leave Madrid began to circulate in June when he reacted furiously to the original tax evasion allegations.
Ronaldo's frustration was such that the Portuguese newspaper A Bola reported that he had made an "irreversible" decision to leave Real as a consequence.