La Liga - Real: We are in Ronaldo talks

Eurosport - Thu, 11 Jun 10:04:00 2009

Real Madrid general director Jorge Valdano claims the club are already in negotiations with Manchester United over Cristiano Ronaldo.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 International friendlies Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) / Foto EFE - 0

Reports in Spain suggest that new Madrid president Florentino Perez has been in talks with the Premier League club and are on the verge of a world record £85 million deal just days after bringing Kaka to the Bernabeu for £58m.

Valdano told TVE: "I can only talk about players who are on their way here, not about those we are in negotiations over. He is a great professional, he dedicates a very great deal of time to his work. He is a great footballer and a very good professional."

Ronaldo has been enjoying the close season, spending time in Sardinia and Los Angeles. The 24-year-old obviously enjoys the trappings of his fame, but Valdano insists he is still the perfect player for Madrid.

"According to the information we have managed to obtain, he is an excellent professional," he added.

"You don't get the player's body he has, which is a footballing advertisement, without working a great deal.

"Another thing is that his reputation as an officially good-looking guy, and a social or advertising model, blurs his image a bit. He is a great footballer."

Speculation has been rife in the Spanish capital about new arrivals at the Bernabeu ever since the return of Perez, who presided over the famous 'Galacticos' era at the club. And while they are reportedly ready to pay 89 million euros for Ronaldo, Valdano has revealed they will not break the bank for Valencia striker David Villa.

"He is an excellent striker but he has a prohibitive price," he said. "He is a player who interests us, but only at a reasonable price. There's a long way to the start of the season and the summer is very long - these comings and goings will be very interesting.

"They have written about hundreds of players who dream about coming to Real Madrid and it's logical that one of those will end up in the side."

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  1. Ps 47...Your spelling in 2 sentences in that post were­ atrocious...May your god forgive you for being that­ inadequate on his behalf...Either that or English­ isn't your first language and you're an asylum­ seeker trying to fit into western culture...Yes I do­ support BNP...problem with that?

    From You talking to me?, on Thu 11 Jun 6:22PM
  2. 47, you sound sanctimonious, give up your job and sell­ your PC and send the proceeds to help those in 3rd­ world countries...Better still go there yourself. As an­ atheist myself I wont waste the one chance of life­ giving a damn about other people other than those close­ members of my family and friends...That is what life is­ all about...If it wasn't then we'd all be pope,­ Bono etc..

    From You talking to me?, on Thu 11 Jun 6:06PM
  3. what a bunch of to**ers
    you cud finance a third world­ country for this
    stupid amoumt of money
    rp

    From Sean, on Thu 11 Jun 4:18PM
  4. Here's my top 10 wish list....
    1) XBox 360
    2)­ Spiderman costume (With padded muscles)
    3) Operation­ (the mad doctors game from MB toys)
    4) eagle eyes­ action man
    5) Tonka truck
    6) Whizzer and Chips­ annual
    7) Raleigh Chopper (with stabilisers)
    8) A pair­ of hi tech Squash
    9) Swingball tennis game
    10) 6ft pot­ black snooker table (as endorsed by Steve "The­ Romford Rocket" Davis in the catalogue)

    From You talking to me?, on Thu 11 Jun 11:58AM
  5. Let me rephrase back my earlier comment,

    I'd­ rather see how Real Madrid perform next season than­ watching Man Utd performing without Cristiano­ Ronaldo
    because Man Utd will survive without Ronaldo­ even though I hate to admit it (sigh)

    Real will be a­ total joke if they just win 1 or 2 titles with their so­ called 'Galacticos' next season, oops, my bad,­ Real are already a JOKE!

    From jiri_227, on Thu 11 Jun 11:57AM
  6. this team will dominate la liga and CL
    1 casillas
    2­ ramos
    3 pepe
    4 vidic
    5 marcelo
    6 l.diara
    7 ronaldo
    8­ silva
    9 villa
    10 kaka
    11 ribery

    From getachew44, on Thu 11 Jun 11:40AM
  7. now real madrid have all the aportunity to win every­ thing, why?
    now real will be strong the others so­ weak
    real have sign kaka and ronaldo
    now will sign­ ribery villa alonso zapata vidic and silva
    just have a­ look at others
    man u will be weaker without ronaldo and­ vidic
    milan will be small team without kaka
    bayern are­ nothing without ribery
    barca will be no more good team­ without eto and tore
    liverpool will dicrease alot­ without alonso
    chelsea are the only team can be better­ rivals and maybe inter with new players like carlvalho­ eto tore maluda milito and tevez

    From getachew44, on Thu 11 Jun 11:13AM
  8. now real madrid have all the aportunity to win every­ thing, why?
    now real will be strong the others so­ weak
    real have sign kaka and ronaldo
    now will sign­ ribery villa alonso zapata vidic and silva
    just have a­ look at others
    man u will be weaker without ronaldo and­ vidic
    milan will be small team without kaka
    bayern are­ nothing without ribery
    barca will be no more good team­ without eto and tore
    liverpool will dicrease alot­ without alonso
    chelsea are the only team can be better­ rivals and maybe inter with new players like carlvalho­ eto tore maluda milito and tevez

    From getachew44, on Thu 11 Jun 11:11AM
  9. I'm not Man U supporter. Although I can understand­ all Man U fans would be heart broken with this news ( I­ would be heart broken if Torres left LFC), but please­ always remember the great things he has bring to Old­ Trafford.As we all know, he is a great fan of RM, so­ maybe it is time for him to follow his dream to play­ for his supported club and maybe bring success to the­ club.

    From c41ng0ku, on Thu 11 Jun 10:45AM
  10. I'd rather see how Real Madrid perform next season­ than watching Man Utd performing without Cristiano­ Ronaldo

    From jiri_227, on Thu 11 Jun 10:39AM
  11. As a united fan, I'm not dissapointed in seeing him­ go. Good luck to him as he has been the best player the­ prem lge has seen & won everything he could with­ united. He wants to play for the team he supported all­ his life so let him do so.
    The only problem i have with­ this transfer is that you will now have the best 3­ players in the world (kaka, messi, ron) playing in­ spain & none in the prem lge (which is the best­ & biggest lge in the world). The closest the prem­ lge will have is Gerrard & Rooney (who are not­ quite in the same category as messi, kaka &­ CRon).
    I don't think spanish football in general­ deserves to have the top players playing there (other­ than at Barce).

    From shujaahmad2004, on Thu 11 Jun 10:18AM
  12. and good riddance

    From paul, on Thu 11 Jun 10:06AM
  13. tve spanish national tv has just announced that the­ deal has been done - ronaldo is now a madrid player,­ good luck to him

    From paul, on Thu 11 Jun 10:05AM
  14. comment 32 what about all the money barca spent last­ summer. Sour grapes

    From Raimo K, on Thu 11 Jun 10:03AM
  15. So much for Ferguson not being prepared to sell Real­ Madrid a virus let alone Ronaldo...I reckon his days as­ manager are numbered now. He's been undermined and­ been made to look a fool.

    From You talking to me?, on Thu 11 Jun 10:02AM
  16. bye bye cristiano...thank you for your efforts skill­ and hard work ..all man united fans were delighted to­ have you, wont forget you and if that is what you want­ ...well go for it....glory glory man united and tevez­ will be staying!

    From stuartxland, on Thu 11 Jun 10:01AM
  17. All United fans who said Ronaldo is not for sale will­ eat their words. I have always said it and will say it­ again. Plorentino Perez can get any player in the­ world.

    From Raimo K, on Thu 11 Jun 9:55AM
  18. Yawn, boring. boring. This has been going on for years.

    From j.essaye, on Thu 11 Jun 9:52AM
  19. real madrid keep spending all this money but never win­ the big one the champions league they should take a­ look at barca. 7 of their first team players are­ products of the youth squad they dont get paid to­ sponsor unicef on their shirts and the club is owned by­ the fans AND they have one the trebble. Get real,­ real!!!

    From Nick, on Thu 11 Jun 9:49AM
  20. lol at comment no 26

    From You talking to me?, on Thu 11 Jun 9:48AM
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