Man Utd accept £80m Ronaldo bid
#1
06-11-2009, 05:09 AM
Man Utd accept £80m Ronaldo bid
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Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
"United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player," said a statement from the English club.
It added that the decision came at Ronaldo's request after he "again expressed his desire to leave".
United described the offer for the 24-year-old as unconditional and added that they expected the matter to be concluded by 30 June.
Madrid signed Brazilian Kaka for a reported £56m earlier in the week, surpassing the previous world record fee of £45.6m Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
That deal was sealed by the ambition of returning Real president Florentino Perez, who previously led the Spanish club from 2000 to 2006 - during the famous galacticos era.
And Perez had earlier made it clear that he would do "everything possible" to sign Ronaldo.
Madrid have also been linked with Liverpool's Xabi Alonso, Valencia's David Villa and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery since Perez's unopposed election signalled the return of their vast spending.
Ronaldo, who joined United in 2003 from Sporting Lisbon for £12.2m, was strongly linked with a move to the Spanish capital last summer.
More to follow.
Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
"United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player," said a statement from the English club.
It added that the decision came at Ronaldo's request after he "again expressed his desire to leave".
United described the offer for the 24-year-old as unconditional and added that they expected the matter to be concluded by 30 June.
Madrid signed Brazilian Kaka for a reported £56m earlier in the week, surpassing the previous world record fee of £45.6m Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
That deal was sealed by the ambition of returning Real president Florentino Perez, who previously led the Spanish club from 2000 to 2006 - during the famous galacticos era.
And Perez had earlier made it clear that he would do "everything possible" to sign Ronaldo.
Madrid have also been linked with Liverpool's Xabi Alonso, Valencia's David Villa and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery since Perez's unopposed election signalled the return of their vast spending.
Ronaldo, who joined United in 2003 from Sporting Lisbon for £12.2m, was strongly linked with a move to the Spanish capital last summer.
More to follow.
#3
06-11-2009, 10:33 AM
Why did they need Perez to come back for all this to happen? Anyone could have put a galactico together with an open cheque!
#6
06-11-2009, 11:42 AM
All I care about is Chelsea signing David Villa. I really hope Real Madrid dont get him too. We used to spend with the best of em, but the last couple years have been pathetic. Are we planning on another Drogba/Anelka year 
#8
06-11-2009, 08:03 PM
That is amazing... Well it's good business for United - they won the CL and made 68,000,000 pounds profit. I just wonder who'll take the right wing? Maybe Park? I just hope they keep Tevez now.
#10
06-11-2009, 08:24 PM
Problem is, they are not going to get anyone half decent to provide any depth. You'll have a bunch of high paid starters and then nobody else decent who just wants to warm the bench until a starter gets injured.