Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave the club and Spain after being accused of committing tax fraud in the country, a report in Portuguese sports daily A Bola said on Friday.
The newspaper said its story was based on a reliable source and that the 32-year-old four-times World Player of the Year had already made up his mind to ask the club for a transfer.
It said that Ronaldo was “deeply disenchanted” with the allegations against him.
Spanish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the player accusing him of defrauding tax authorities of €14.7m by hiding his image rights income between 2011 and 2014. Ronaldo has denied any wrongdoing.
Ronaldo has completed eight seasons at Real Madrid since joining it from Manchester United in 2009 for a then world record fee of €96 million.
He is currently at the Confederations Cup in Russia with the Portuguese team.
