According to Dailymailsport, disgraced former Juventus chief Luciano Moggi has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo has 'already signed' from Real Madrid and passed a medical.
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo, 33, has been the subject of an £88million bid from the Italian champions this week, which Real are considering.
Moggi, who was Juventus' chief executive from 1994 to 2006 before receiving a lifetime ban from football for his part in the 'Calciopoli' match-fixing scandal, is under the impression that the deal is all but done.
Cristiano Ronaldo - on his way back from the World Cup this week - is subject of a bid from Juve
Disgraced former Juventus chief Luciano Moggi (right) alongside Fabio Capello in 2006
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The 80-year-old told Italian TV network Tele7Gold: 'In my opinion, he has already signed and passed the medical examination with Juventus in Munich.
'This is what I think after talking to important people.'
In the same interview Moggi, now 80, revealed that he tried to sign Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon in 2002 - a year before the Portuguese joined Manchester United - but the deal was scuppered by Chilean striker Marcelo Salas' refusal to move in the other direction.
'I received an alert,' said Moggi. 'I sent an observer to look at him, he was an 18-year-old boy, but he impressed me with his maturity and his choices.
'In the middle of the day I made the contract. Unfortunately, Marcelo Salas refused to sign for Sporting Lisbon because he wanted to return to River Plate.
'I offered €5m more for an 18-year-old player, but it could not be done at that time.'
Ronaldo plays a friendly against Manchester United for Sporting Lisbon back in August 2003
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