Eurosport - Thu, 05 Jun 16:23:00 2008
Real Madrid are reportedly prepared to offer Manchester United ace Cristiano Ronaldo an astonishing £300,000 a week after tax to move to Spain.
The Spanish giants are desperate to persuade Ronaldo to leave the European champions in a mind-boggling move to the Santiago Bernabeu.
But United say they're confident he'll stay, and will fight all attempts to prise their star asset away from Old Trafford.
Although Ronaldo has yet to publicly confirm that he wants to leave United this summer, Real are preparing to up the ante by making it clear they are willing to make him the highest-paid footballer in the world.
According to The Daily Express: 'The five-year contract on the table is worth a mind-boggling £75m' and 'Real have also made it clear that the huge offer will not be on the table in a year's time.'
Real president Ramon Calderon is currently riding high in terms of popularity in Madrid.
His side have been crowned Spanish champions twice in two seasons since he took over at the Santiago Bernabeu.
And he sees signing Ronaldo as the perfect way to build on recent successes.
United have lost three players to Real in recent seasons, with David Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gabriel Heinze all leaving for the Spanish capital.
Meanwhile Thursday's papers claim that Real could face competition in the chase to sign Ronaldo, with their bitter rivals Barcelona ready to join the race.
The Catalan giants are set to offload some of their under-performing stars, with Ronaldinho potentially heading for Manchester City.
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who do he think he is,m u made him what he is 2 day ,if not 4 d combination of roony nd other players who is he.i tell u he will go down d way d like d likes of beckham,owem, van nistroy who ran away frm m u after reachin d top nd faded nd fall like a pack of card.an he is going 2 fade like d rest of d names i hv just mention.SIR ALEX FERGOUSE IS D GREATEAST:UNITED 4 LIFE?WE CAN STILL DO WITHOUT HIM:LET HIM GO, SIR ALEX, WE CAN STILL RE TAIN D CUP WITH UR MAGIC: JOEL FRM AUSTRIA VIEENA. UNITED 4 LIFE;BELIVE IT OR NOT:
i say if ron wants to leave us, then fergie should scre him and sell him to barca, to make it even harder for real to get him. i dnt mind if he leaves, there wil be another one, there always is another one. and if real are willing to pay him 300k a week, im sure they wouldnt mind paying 200million pounds for him. they are hurting us, we gotta hurt them too! i say he aint bigger than united, let the boy go and be a flop in spain like so many before him did after leaving OT.
if you followed the NFL, you'd be aware that they will soon be getting rid of the salary cap. i agree the price is to high and ron should stay at man u. i do have an issue with man u fans acting like their so noble. first of all they've been pulling the same @#$% with berbatov from tottenham
come on , its good to see people that are so keen to try and tempt ronaldo aways from OT but come on ronaldo knows that he cannot achieve the same success with real the way he could with the red devils. Real are the past and man united are NOW and the future . You are saying everything is good maybe because your just being bais , sporting beat united 3-0 WHEN was that . They couldn't do that now can they .
Greedy Real? LOL are you joking? How can be a team greedy an offering a 300k a week? LOL.. Of course he should go to RM. Better weather, better food, better women, better team, closer to his home Portugal, double money. I would go in a second without thinking twice. What about starts? Remeber that Ronaldo played for Sporting Lisbon before joining Manchester United, and if I'm not mistaken Sporting Lisbon beat MU by 3-0 in a champions league game. Why? Simple to answer because of a player called Ronaldo. He does play the best football the world had ever witness, won't matter if the starts are there or not.
Forza Ronaldo, go to Spain and forza Portugal in the Euro 2008. Sham England is not there... we would love to beat them once again :)
money does not cause a thing let christian go he does not score but only penalts thon deng chelsea fan
Real is such a greedy club. Buying Stars not always give "stars".. sometimes too much frictions among players. Be Wise .. Mr. Real..
he is all most our's lmfao
As a suppoerter all my life of Manchester UTD also of real in the spanish league Reals success seems to come off the back of UTD in the way they put outragous prices on players they try to lure from UTD, 190 million Deal, 300,000 after tax P/W (COME ON),Why wouldnt he leave for that,also i follow the NFL this wouldnt be allowed to happen in that league so why not try the same in proper football to try stop this happening..FIFA should step in here and warn teams or a rule to say this is not allowed or ?...HANDS OFF (REAL)at least untill his contract is up..A sallery cap i say or a maximun that a player can be payed for the position he plays in..(JUST AN IDEA)...Regards
LOL. asking real to be nice is like asking a bully to stop bugging you when u're a little sh**.
They are ars*holes , always have been, always will be. They are pathetic and if you ever expect soo see nobility from them you are not used to la liga I guess. :)
please real...leave the boy alone until he can leave contractually. the money issue is rediculous and not worth the price.
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