Perez therefore faces a dilemma over his two star forwards, given that it is proving hard to ensure that both Ronaldo and Bale perform at the top level while they are in the same squad, and both are now open to moves.
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And to do so, Abramovich might need to cough out over €100million (£70million) to secure the player’s services, and this would break the current world-record transfer fee for a player.
It remains to be seen what will happen at Chelsea.
The Real Madrid player has kept the identity of the five-year-old’s mother private but said he is “100%” sure his son – also called Cristiano – will understand.
The likelihood persists that neither Benitez nor Ronaldo are at Real Madrid come next season.
It will only increase speculation that Ronaldo could return to Old Trafford, but Mata is not holding his breath.
It’s been widely speculated that Ronaldo already knew at this point that Carlo Ancelotti would be sacked and Ronaldo was simply posting this message to show that he sided with the Italian.
Ronaldo, in my mind is the second best player of this era and also history, but his age starts with a 3. Benitez is regarded as a defensive coach, and Madrid’s performances since his appointment have only reinforced this notion.
But he could be leaving Los Blancos at the end of the season, having being linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain.
Raul played the final professional match of his career as NY Cosmos overcame Ottawa Fury 3-2 to win the North American Soccer League (NASL) title on Sunday. “Negotiations would be in secret but nothing for now”.
The Jonathan Ross Show will air at 9.45pm on ITV on Saturday evening.
“He spent a great deal of time at United and was very successful and then went to Madrid, another one of the biggest clubs in the world, and I think he is enjoying it there”.
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According to reports, the former United forward had informed Real Madrid president Florentino Perez about his scathing view of the manager’s ability in the wake of Real’s 3-1 defeat to Sevilla.
