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£80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - WatchMUFC - 11-06-2009
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," read a statement from the Old Trafford 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 forward as unconditional and added that they expected the matter to be concluded by 30 June.
It is understood that the transfer fee would be made available for Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson to invest in the transfer market.
Madrid signed Brazilian Kaka for a reported £56m earlier in the week, surpassing the previous world record fee in pounds sterling of £45.6m, which 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 previously made it clear 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.
There had been reports that Madrid would have to pay a £26m penalty clause to Ronaldo as a consequence of an alleged "pre-contract" arrangement that had been agreed with the player's representative Jorge Mendes, if the Spanish club did not sign him this summer.
But the BBC's Steve Kingstone in Madrid stated that Real had yet to confirm any agreement to buy Ronaldo or the agreed price of £80m stated by United. Thursday is a public holiday in Madrid and no announcements are expected.
"This was one that was never ever going to go away," said BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent Mike Ingham.
"After the Champions League final he criticised Sir Alex Ferguson's tactics, he threw his toys out of the pram in the derby with Manchester City after he was substituted. He's been very high maintenance. And £80m is hard to resist.
"Personally, I'm very sorry to see him leave but it's absolutely inevitable. If it hadn't been this summer it would have been next summer.
"This could mean they might be able to keep Carlos Tevez, maybe Wayne Rooney can be liberated."
Ronaldo, who joined United in 2003 from Sporting Lisbon for £12.2m, was strongly linked with a move to the Spanish capital in the summer of 2008.
United lodged a complaint with world governing body Fifa last June over what they believed was a deliberate attempt by Real to unsettle the winger.
After a long, drawn-out saga that ran through the summer months, the Portugal international insisted he was happy at Old Trafford and remained at United for the 2008-2009 season.
In the 2007-08 season he scored 42 goals, which topped the previous club record for a midfielder held by George Best, and was on the scoresheet as United defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final.
Ronaldo was the top scorer for his club last season, with 26 goals, taking his total for United to 118 in 292 appearances.
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - trini - 11-06-2009
He will be missed and i'm sorry to see him go.
But the signs were there.His attitude and he started to complain about Sir Alex etc we know his heart wasn't in it.So it's time to go.I'm glad that it's over as every year we were going through the same old,will he or won't he.My main worry is who will United get to replace him?We have to trust that Sir Alex must have a plan as this was coming for a while.Let's all get behind the Gaffer .He did it before..It must be rebuilding time as Scholsie,Giggsy ,Neville ,Hargreaves future doubtful,We still have lots of young tallent coming through.So it could be still an exciting time for United..Let's hope!!
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - trini - 12-06-2009
rumour has it Sir Alex has already signed Valencia from Wigan for 17m quid.
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - red3636 - 02-07-2009
100% agree with you trini!
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - Pudders7 - 18-07-2009
£80m in the bank!
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - GLORY_SUPERREDS_MUFC - 20-07-2009
Am still gutted about Ronnie going but SAF knows what he is doing so lets wait and see the new team formation come the start of the season.
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - sunnysingh187 - 20-07-2009
IN FERGIE WE TRUST....GOOD LUCK TO RONALDO!
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - WhatALegend - 20-07-2009
Fergie can replace and grow. We seen it many times before...but Owen...We shall see.
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - cool calm collective - 20-07-2009
good business
RE: £80M Ronaldo Bid Accepted - united20legend - 21-07-2009
"Ronaldo's cheap for £80m" Keano said.