Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo enters 14-day quarantine after returning to Turin - reports

Ronaldo, 35, and his family landed in Turin Airport just after 10.20pm local time, according to media reports in Italy

Inter Milan's Italian midfielder Nicolo Barella vies with Cristiano Ronaldo in the last game for the Serie A leaders on March 8 before the lockdown. Juve won 2-0. AFP

Juventus' Paulo Dybala celebrates scoring their second goal. Reuters

Empty stands during the Italian Serie A match between Juventus and Inter Milan at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. EPA

The stands are thinly populated as Juventus play Inter. LaPresse via AP

Paulo Dybala scores. Getty Images

Inter Milan's Christian Eriksen in action. Reuters

Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo is helped by Inter Milan's Italian forward Antonio Candreva. AFP

Juventus' Paulo Dybala celebrates scoring. EPA

Empty stands during the Serie A match between Juventus and Inter. EPA

Juventus players celebrate their win. EPA

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo in action against Inter. EPA

Juventus and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Italy on Monday after nearly two months in coronavirus lockdown at his home in Portugal.

Ronaldo, 35, and his family landed in Turin Airport just after 10.20pm local time (12.20am UAE), according to media reports in Italy.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner arrived by private jet from the Portuguese island of Madeira and will spend two weeks in quarantine.

Ronaldo played Juve's last Serie A game, a 2-0 win over Inter Milan behind closed doors at the Allianz Stadium on March 8, before the Italian football season was suspended amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Italy has been one of the worst-affected countries by the outbreak, with more than 211,000 total cases and over 29,000 deaths, while more than 82,000 people have so far made full recoveries, according to the latest figures.

Ronaldo returned to Madeira after the Inter Milan match to be close to his mother Dolores who had suffered a stroke.

Juventus have recalled their 10 overseas players as Serie A clubs were given the green light to return to individual training on Monday.

The Italian interior ministry's go-ahead for players to return to club training facilities two weeks ahead of schedule has offered fans hope that the 2019-20 season might yet be salvaged.

Juventus are leading Serie A, one point ahead of Lazio, as they target a ninth consecutive Scudetto.

The club has not yet given an official date for a return to training. Juventus began carrying out tests on their players at the club's medical centre in Turin on Monday.

The first to arrive were Federico Bernardeschi, Juan Cuadrado, Carlo Pinsoglio, Leonardo Bonucci and Aaron Ramsey, all wearing face masks.

Juventus are also waiting the return to Turin of Dutch centre-back Matthijs de Ligt and midfielder Blaise Matuidi, who returned to France after recovering from the virus.

Gonzalo Higuain remains in Argentina where he returned to be with his sick mother, while Paulo Dybala - one of the first high-profile footballers to contract the virus - was last week still testing positive, six weeks after the initial positive test.