I also read it on Marca, it's very worrying despite Gill statement that "they will no push a timeline", on Ronnie contract extension. The lure of Madrid is too exiting for any player and according to the spanish media, the weather, the mighty and the closer he can be to his family, is vital for Ronaldo, so good luck boy, but help us clinch the title from under the noses of Chelsea.

Dont believe it for a second. Yeah sure they want him but does he want them? a big fat NO is the answer.

If we show our intentions in the transfer market this summer and bring in a few decent signings then ronnie will definately be staying. I believe his own words rather than some madrid muppet! Madrid need to bring in several new players so they cant afford to splash so much on him anyway!

The official mouthpiece for Real claims that someone wants to join Real. How unique!

How typical. This is what Surreal Madrid has become of late these recent years. No longer relevant on the pitch, they are only world class at attempting to destabilize other teams and get world class players on the cheap. A 100+K weekly salary increase should end this tiresome story. Otherwise Ronnie may be tempted if he believes this is likely the only time unReal may be able to come up with the required funds for many a year. As much as I would hate to see him go, if he feels he must, and they put out the right money (none of this advancement based payouts over years ala Beckham), bon voyage. In the hands of a competant scouting/negotiating team (yeah, right), 45 - 50 million pounds, plus that mythical 20 million pound per year transfer budget we have yet to receive, should allow us to replace Ronny's goals and shore up the obvious squad needs so adequately detailed in numerous threads. One thing though, Ronnie, if you do go at the required fee, there will be no silver with Sadrid, and you will be the only quality Lipizan stallion in their continuing dog and pony show for years to come.

This coming from the same people who said that Robben, Fabregas and Kaka are "definitely" headed to Madrid.. They are about as reliable a source as The Sun!!

Yawn. Let's not give the pathetic Spanish media any more attention, please?

This is funny! It's just like any manager in the world saying 'Mr X will definitely join us in the summer' it's even more amusing than Gill's 'two world class, sorry, world cup players' tripe. It's like the Sun saying we'd bought Buffon and Adriano and Mr John Smith, the world's best player. Yawn! He'll sign this new contract, stay until 2012 when he'll leave for a world record fee.

The Spanish press is at it again. They talk absolute tosh! Ronny has himself come out in the press and said he is happy to stay and admitted that he is negotiating a new deal. Ronaldo is not leaving. As SAF says, he is at the right club and at a club where the fans adore him. I am not worried in the slightest, Ronaldo will be at United for many years to come.

This is becoming incredibly dull! Weren't they saying the same about Becks and Ruud? Oh. Pants.

it's Real Madrid using Marca (there pawn) in order to try and get Ronaldo not to sign his new contract, well that's my guess.

and just to add, Real Madrid was confident of landing Kaka and Fabregas last summer too, but that never happend.

Real Madrid are now becoming a desprete club, i don't see what the attraction with them is for players still.. they have history but they havn't won a thing for years, they have become a bunch of losers, they change manages every month and are not a staple.. add that to the fact that the attraction of playing with "Galacticos" like Zidane ect has gone and players would be just going there to play with a bunch of young players in a unstaple club.. Ronaldo going there would hardly be "bettering himself"

Ronaldo is playing under the best manager in the world, infront of 70 odd thousand a week, aswell as playing with young players, he plays with experiance players who can help him.

if Ronaldo and/or his agent was smart which they are obviously not, they would sign the new 5-year contract and let what happend will happen, he has 3 years left on his current contract so a extra 2 years won't change much, he is just making it harder for himself really.

and just to add, Real Madrid was confident of landing Kaka and Fabregas last summer too, but that never happend.

Real Madrid are now becoming a desprete club, i don't see what the attraction with them is for players still.. they have history but they havn't won a thing for years, they have become a bunch of losers, they change manages every month and are not a stable club.. add that to the fact that the attraction of playing with "Galacticos" like Zidane ect has gone and players would be just going there to play with a bunch of young players in a unstable club.. Ronaldo going there would hardly be "bettering himself"

Ronaldo is playing under the best manager in the world, infront of 70 odd thousand a week, aswell as playing with young players, he plays with experiance players who can help him.

if Ronaldo and/or his agent was smart which they are obviously not, they would sign the new 5-year contract and let what happend will happen, he has 3 years left on his current contract so a extra 2 years won't change much, he is just making it harder for himself really.

I would not worry. This was written in Marca, the Madrid based sports paper. They create these stories to cover the failing of real madrid this season. They have been awful and it would not suprise me if they do not make the Champions League. However until Ronaldo signs a contract these silly stories will contiue to surface.

i might save these comments and just copy and paste them the next time the MEN decide to reprint this story. Get some fresh material MEN. Madrid have been talking about getting henry for the last 5 years, and he's still at arsenal. They chased viera before that and he ended up in italy. Ronaldo will sign his new contract in good time, win the league and european cup with united a few times during the next few years, and when he's about 29, probably go to spain. For now though, he won't be going anywhere. Not if fergie has anything to do with it. Like lippi said, he's not going to find a better club than the one he's at already. And with the money he will be on at united, he could easily afford to import some sunshine when he needs it.

they will be able to call him EL CHEATO!!

This is going to rumble on into the summer even if Ronaldo signs a new contract next week. Madrid and its President are in serious trouble and need a diversion, hence Ronaldo.

It is upto the manager and board to prove that he is at the right club already by winning the Premiership, investing in new young talent in the summer and not dragging out his new contract like Rio's.

United should come out and contact Madrid and tell them to put up or shut up. As we all know this is Madrid's usual transfer policy via rumour and the press to unsettle the player. If Ronaldo does want to leave then that is his right, but any transfer fee should be cash up front only, (60 million), nothing on the tick, no performance related, or Madrid cast offs in any deal.

If you want something so badly you have to pay the premium for it !

que sera sera. yawn....

And please let's not have the usual hysteria when you read Mendes latest statement. First, he's absolutely right that his client doesn't need any distractions before the end of the season; and nor do we. We need him totally focused on the job, so I hope he won't read any of the 'Go now Ronnie' posts which are bound to follow. Second, if his agent is professional, he will do all he can to create the background for the best possible deal for his client. Remember how long it took Rio to sign in similar circumstances. For me, Ronaldo was always going to be the best vin the world, so why shouldn't he get the best deal. And it will increase in another two years, but it is budgeted in by the Glazers. Meanwhile, as someone who has also watched Real Madrid for over 50 years, I can never remember them being in a worse state. Capello has not only made them even worse than the previous 4 managers (why on earth didn't they have more patience with Queiroz when you look at what has happened since?) but he's bought poorly and made them into a defensive Italian team. The trouble is they can't defend. IMHO it would be a dreadful move for CR, as it ultimately proved frustrating for Becks. OK he had a chance to play with the Galacticos and some of those matches were stunning, but he never won anything. Real are unlikely to be in the ECL next year, so will have trouble attracting top players, unless they appoint Mourinho and take half of Chelsea. Ronnie would be a show pony in a tawdry circus: great entertainment value but hugely frustrating. It's OK Raul telling him to come but I would sell Raul anyway and Ruud telling him to come is farcical after what happened at OT. No. CR should be a striker for ManU, maybe even next year. He is the complete forawrd and in 10 years we may say we never saw his like before. He can only get better, so geimbehind him; appreciate him; roar for him. If he goes, he goes but let's spend the £60m now, not after.