Juventus enjoy record jersey sales following Cristiano Ronaldo move

Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo poses with his new Juventus jersey. Photo: Twitter

Italian giants Juventus have sold an astonishing 5,20,000 Cristiano Ronaldo shirts in 24 hours on the first day of his official unveiling.

In comparison the reigning Italian champions sold 8,50,000 shirts for the whole of the 2016/2017 season. Brazilian superstar Neymar after completing his record-breaking move to PSG sold 10,000 shirts on his first day.

The Juventus home shirt is priced online at €89.95 with the club raking in already 46.8 million euros in 24 hours.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner was his usual confident self at a press conference for his official unveiling that was attended by media from all over the globe, saying that he had "nothing to prove to anyone".

"The numbers are there, everyone knows what I've done for football, but I'm ambitious and I like challenges," he said.

"I didn't want to stay in my comfort zone after what I did for Manchester and Real Madrid. I want to leave my mark on Juve."

Italian champions Juventus signed the superstar forward, who put pen to paper on a four-year deal worth a reported 30 million euros a season, in the hope that he will push them to a coveted Champions League title, the continent's holy grail.

Ronaldo joins Joao Cancelo and Emre Can as the new faces at Juventus ahead of the new season.

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