Eurosport - Sat, 06 Jun 19:54:00 2009
Real Madrid's relationship with Manchester United is more important than signing Cristiano Ronaldo, according to club president Florentino Perez.
Madrid's high-profile pursuit of United's Portuguese winger appears to have been put on the backburner this summer as they attempt to sign AC Milan's Brazilian superstar Kaka. And Perez, who recently returned for a second stint as president at the Bernabeu, insists he would not pursue the club's targets in a manner which could jeopardise his relationships with other top clubs.
"If one day there is a chance of [Ronaldo] playing for Real Madrid, that would be an honour for us," he told The Times. "But if I had to choose between the friendship with Manchester United and the signing of Ronaldo, I would choose the friendship."
He added: "Plus, I have never said that Cristiano will arrive in June. That is an arrogant and false statement."
He continued: "I shall be talking with [United manager Sir Alex] Ferguson and [chief executive] David Gill to build bridges.
"If we sign Kaka from Milan, I can assure you that we will still have a very good relationship with [vice president Adriano] Galliani."
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Why is Mr. Perez insulting our collective intelligence. Does he not see that he is already 'upseting' us with his insincere, pseudo-gentleman's requests. Does he not realise that Mr. Ferguson is so wise to see through him? Rubbish!
DON´T BELIEVE A SINGLE WORD FROM THIS FELLOW PEREZ. HE´S A 100 TIMES WORST PERSON THAN THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT CALDERON, IMAGINE!!!. FROM EVERY 10 WORDS HE SAYS, 12 ARE LIES. EVERYTHING IN HIM IS NICE WORDS AND NICE FACES, BUT BEHIND THAT APPEARANCE, THE WORST BLOODTHIRSTY PREDATOR HIDES.
Liverpool are not the best team in europe. Barcelona are at this moment. I wish it was Man United but there we go life is unfair. Liverpool are top on that rubbish Yahoo ratings system which makes no sense. Real Madrid never ever get there good players through scouting or youth teams they just 'steal' off of other clubs, especially Man United they stole Beckham at the height of his career and they stole Heinze so I don't think that we can appreciate them and actually get on with them. No team can.
raphael.cyrus: And your point is what exactly?
a news alert for all true football fans !!
the so-called world club champions man utd,
are 700 million pound in debt !
that puts them at the moment, a lot worse off as liverpool who are
still rated number 1 in europe
fact !!
and yes we have beaten a very good barcalona side as
the one and only english to do so !!
the circle is full and now with the team we have it is about time you bow down !
it`s ok i`ll wait...
still waiting....
liverpool football team for life !
man are 700 million in the hold
maybe we need to lookout for man city instead ??????
Always wanted to say this PMSL: Mr Igwe G don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry, gunt! Dunno if Igwe G is even here but I still had fun writing it. : P
erkon9: You must be a regular client then?
On the one hand, Ronaldo is an exceptional player when he's on song and not got a cob on, so in spite of all his hissy fits etc - he is a valuable key player... On the other hand however, an incredible profit can be raked in on a sale to another team. If I remember correctly Fergie and Queiroz spent little more than £12 Million for Ronaldo, last season the speculation was that the Galacticos were going to table a bid for £100-£120 Millions - near on 10 times what United paid for him... This season the price has depreciated to the region of £60-£80 Millions for him, hey, that's still 5 - 7 times more than United paid for him so there could be a loss but still a healthy gain to get some new talent in, both established and budding... I said it once and I'll say it again: "No player is bigger than a club, and there is always another decent player around the corner to fill the boots of the ones who depart on to pasteurs new.".
Ronaldo is a ladyboy. I saw her working on Soi Cowboy long before she joined United.
"Ronaldo is not too good..the best prove is during cl final...he juz good during meet the weak team..." is that meant to make sense
Ronaldo is not too good..the best prove is during cl final...he juz good during meet the weak team...
Its good to see Perez come out and issue this statement to stick fingers up at the press and their media spinning.
ronaldo is a full gay ..he cant leave united???????? he thinks he is a main key player in united but dats his misconception haaaaaaa.der r lots of players better than him...
Ronaldo is gay
lol
Bye Bye Ron, so sad to see you go...we sure will miss the sight of you rolling around the pitches of the premiership as though you had just been shot.
If only that was the case.
Adios Amigo!
ONE word for a Boro fan..DOWN.
one word for ronaldo: OVERATED
AM FED UP OF THIS RONALDO ISSUE.IF HE WANTS TO LEAVE LET HIM LEAVE SICK OF ALL THIS MEDIA ATTENTION
they are only saying that cause they got kaka
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