Juventus 'draw up seven-man shortlist of Cristiano Ronaldo replacements'

Juventus have reportedly drawn up a seven-man shortlist of potential replacements for five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese attacker only has 12 months left to run on his existing Turin deal, but Juve's underwhelming 2020-21 campaign has seen him linked with a move away this summer.

Ronaldo still enjoyed a stellar personal campaign with 29 goals from 33 Serie A matches, but a summer exit from Juve for the 36-year-old is not beyond the realm of possibility.

According to Il BiancoNero, the Italian giants are already planning for life without Ronaldo by identifying seven players who could don the black and white jersey for the 2021-22 season.

The report claims that Gabriel Jesus, Edin Dzeko, Ousmane Dembele, Arkadiusz Milik, Mauro Icardi, Andrea Petagna and Dusan Vlahovic are all under consideration if Ronaldo does end up leaving in the coming weeks.

Ronaldo - recently linked with a shock move to Barcelona - has amassed 101 goals from 133 games in a Juve shirt since arriving in 2018, and he has already netted three times for Portugal at Euro 2020.