Real Madrid will reportedly sidestep Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United and lodge their bid for Cristiano Ronaldo straight to the Glazers. The Daily Express claims that the Spanish giants will offer £75million for the Portuguese winger's signature but are aware of Ferguson's determination to hang on to his star player.
But, maintains the newspaper, that will not deter Real from going direct to the Glazers and it is becoming increasingly difficult for Ronaldo to return to Old Trafford.
Real are fully briefed on the Glazers' highly-leveraged ownership of the club - with massive annual interest payments - and are not deterred by the Americans' insistence that their £600million debts and £80million interest repayments can be managed out of club resources.' |