Cristiano Ronaldo declared his story at Real Madrid is “written” and said speculation about his future is “disrespectful” to him and the clubs involved.

Ronaldo distanced himself from rumors that he could return to the Santiago Bernabeu following Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti’s tweet earlier Tuesday that stated he’d “never considered” a reunion with the 36-year-old.

“My story at Real Madrid has been written. It’s been recorded,” the Juventus forward wrote on Instagram. “In words and numbers, in trophies and titles, in records and in headlines. It’s in the museum at the Bernabeu Stadium and it’s also in the minds of every fan of the club.”

Both Ronaldo and Ancelotti were likely responding to a claim on Spanish TV show El Chiringuito that the latter, who returned to the club in June for a second coaching stint, wanted a reunion at the Santiago Bernabeu.

“As well as this most recent episode in Spain, there have been frequent news and stories associating me with a number of clubs in many different leagues, with nobody ever being concerned about trying to find out the actual truth,” Ronaldo added.

“I’m breaking my silence now to say that I can’t allow people to keep playing around with my name,” he said. “I remain focused on my career and in my work, committed and prepared for all the challenges that I have to face. Everything else? Everything else is just talk.”

Ronaldo is in the final year of his contract at Juventus and has been linked with moves to Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, and Manchester City, according to BBC Sport. There’s also speculation the Portuguese veteran could move to another former club in Manchester United or to their northwest rivals Liverpool, Paul Doyle of The Guardian notes.

The attacker joined Juventus from Real Madrid in 2018, ending a nine-year stay in the Spanish capital. He won four Champions League crowns, two La Liga titles, and numerous other team and individual honors during his time with Real Madrid.

He also scooped up plenty of silverware during his preceding six-year stretch with Manchester United, including three Premier League successes and the first Champions League triumph of his career.

He’s won two Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, and two Supercoppa Italianas through three full seasons at Juventus.

Gerd Muller, a legendary striker for Bayern Munich and West Germany, died Sunday at the age of 75.

Muller, nicknamed “Der Bomber,” was the last player to reach double figures in goals at a World Cup after scoring 10 at Mexico in 1970. He notched the game-winner against the Netherlands in the final four years later and netted four goals throughout that World Cup run.

He also won the 1972 European Championship with West Germany and finished that success with a tournament-high four goals.

Muller amassed 68 goals over 62 international appearances for his country.

Some of his feats at club level may never be surpassed. He scored 30-plus goals in 12 consecutive seasons for Bayern Munich, racking up a remarkable 566 goals in 607 competitive appearances for the Bavarians. He finished as the Bundesliga’s top marksman seven times, and his 365 goals in Germany’s top flight is a record.

Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski incredibly beat Muller’s long-standing mark of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga season last term.

“He would be the first to offer congratulations, to say, ‘Well done, boy. You did well,'” said Muller’s wife Uschi before Lewandowski equaled the record and then notched his 41st and final goal of the campaign a week later. Uschi Muller spoke on her husband’s behalf while he battled severe dementia in a nursing home in south Munich.

Muller won all of his club honors during his 15-year stay with Bayern Munich, a haul that included four Bundesliga titles, four DFB-Pokals, three European Cups, and one European Cup Winners’ Cup. He later served as a youth coach for the club.

“Today is a sad, dark day for FC Bayern and all its fans. Gerd Muller was the greatest striker there’s ever been, and a fine person and character of world football,” said Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer.

“We’re all united in deep mourning with his wife Uschi as well as his family,” he continued. “FC Bayern wouldn’t be the club we all love today without Gerd Muller. His name and memory will live on forever.”

He started his career with local club TSV 1861 Nordlingen and ended his playing days with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, a team that participated in the North American Soccer League.

Romelu Lukaku is back at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea completed the signing of the 28-year-old Belgian striker from Inter Milan on Thursday, further bolstering their already loaded attack.

The Blues reportedly paid a club-record €115 million to re-sign a player who was on their books from 2011-14. Lukaku left the west London outfit after only 10 Premier League appearances and a loan spell at West Bromwich Albion.

The mammoth fee eclipses the initial £72 million Chelsea splashed last summer to recruit Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.

“I’m happy and blessed to be back at this wonderful club,” Lukaku said after inking a five-year contract. “It’s been a long journey for me: I came here as a kid who had a lot to learn, now I’m coming back with a lot of experience and more mature.

“The relationship I have with this club means so much to me, as you know. I have supported Chelsea as a kid and now to be back and try to help them win more titles is an amazing feeling.”

Lukaku is coming off a spectacular – and brief – stint in Serie A. He scored 47 league goals in two dominant campaigns with the Nerazzurri, leading them to their first Scudetto in over a decade last season.

Prior to his time in Italy, he had prolific tenures at Manchester United and Everton.

Lukaku initially stated that he wanted to remain with Inter but changed his tune earlier this month and reportedly asked the club’s directors to sanction a return to Chelsea. Negotiations developed quickly from there. Chelsea took advantage of the Italian club’s crippling financial situation; Inter were forced to sell Achraf Hakimi to Paris Saint-Germain in July after having already watched manager Antonio Conte depart, too.

The allure of working with Thomas Tuchel also reportedly helped sway Lukaku.

The Belgian superstar figures to slot directly into the German tactician’s starting lineup, assuming the No. 9 role and allowing Timo Werner to move into a more comfortable position playing to the left of a central striker and using his blistering pace to exploit spaces down the wing.

Having forged an impressive partnership with Lautaro Martinez at the San Siro, Tuchel will be hoping Lukaku strikes up a similar accord with Werner.

Chelsea, the reigning Champions League winners, will look to capture their first Premier League title since 2017.