Barca team-mate Neymar has also been linked with a move to Manchester United, a rumour that has not subsided since the transfer window shut last month.
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Messi has been consigned to the sidelines in recent weeks, but he is readying himself to return to face Ronaldo in El Clasico.
Ronaldo has not hid his love for Manchester United who he left for Real Madrid in 2009.
“Cristiano Ronaldo has been the best player in the world for the past few years, and he knows he is the best”.
“He is very happy at Real Madrid and he loves English football, he loves English people and deep down I think he will come back to England”, said Semedo.
“He doesn’t want to finish his career without coming back to England”.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale will not be sold by Real Madrid, insists club legend and current coach Zinedine Zidane. Asked whether Messi will leave Barcelona in the near future, he said: “Never, never”.
In the absence of Lionel Messi, Barcelona forwards Luis Suarez and Neymar have made up for the loss of the brilliant Argentine.
The Catalan side are missing injured talisman Lionel Messi but the other members of the attacking trident that hit a Spanish record 122 goals between them last season have been able to dig them out of trouble when necessary.
He said: “When I was President we received many offers for Messi from clubs, including Inter, that were willing to pay his buyout clause”.
Could Neymar’s wages even price United out of a move?
‘This year there is a lot of expectation on the team which is normal because we always want more but to win you need to overcome a lot of obstacles’.
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Laporta, who held the office between 2003 and 2010 and stood for election again in the summer poll, losing to Josep Maria Bartomeu, added that Barca’s monetary state could force drastic action.
