Barcelona sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that the Barcelona board has ordered Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain to closely monitor the situation of Manchester United winger and Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo (23).
Asked about the rumours linking him with Real Madrid, Ronaldo has repeated to Spanish television station Antena 3 that he would like to play in the Spanish league: "I already said a million times that I would love to play in Spain. But dreaming is one thing. Another thing is that dream to become reality."
Ronaldo is at this moment negotiating a contract renewal with Manchester United. His current contract expires in 2012 and the club wants to make that 2014 while giving the player an important salary rise to reward him for the excellent season he played.
Rumours go that Ronaldo would have a buyout clause worth of 70 million euro°. Barcelona would think that's a reasonable price for the Portuguese wing attacker. If that fee is confirmed and if Ronaldo and Manchester don't reach an agreement, Barcelona could make a bid in the summer.
The fact that Barcelona president Joan Laporta has a close relationship with Jorge Mendes, the agent of Ronaldo who also represents Barcelona players Deco and Márquez, could give Barcelona a little advantage. Ronaldo, who is spending much time in Mallorca since his current girlfriend Nereida Gallardo lives there, would like the city of Barcelona a lot, especially because of the nearness of the sea.
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° 70 million euro =
110 million us dolar
55 million british pound
He's probably the only guy I would take to change our squad up, but this probably wouldnt happen...if it did then great!!! we have two of the top players in the world but we already have like 5 of them haha
If Barcelona are serious about creating better team unity and having a closer knit squad they should AVOID this guy completely! Ronaldo's skills are only surpassed by his ego which is greater than the State of Texas! Compare that to more "humble" stars like Kaka and Messi and you get my point. Ronaldo is truly "In love with himself"! and if you thought Eto'o had an ego, his is nothing compared to Ronaldo's trust me! Plus he'd be a better "fit" for Madrid anyway. What baffles me is that Barcelona "claim" they could "afford" to pull this off! In that case I would bypass Ronaldo, Benzema & Huntelaar and head straight for AGUERO! This guy's younger than Ronaldo, is just as skilled if not more than him, and has yet to develop an ego the size of Mt. Everest. With Aguero on the left, Messi on the right and (fill in whoever you like in the middle) this combination could be the most lethal, (and certainly most entertaining) striking forces in the world!
keep this idiot in manchester or madrid. we alreafy have players we r building the team around so signing him woould be a total waste of money.the board should really focus on getting realistic targets such as silva.i said it brfore and im saying it again, silva should be our highest priority.
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