MANCHESTER UNITED say they will never sell Cristiano
Ronaldo not even for £50million. Chief executive David Gill
insisted even a record-busting bid from the likes of Real Madrid
would be refused out of hand.
Gill said: Theres no chance of us selling him. Absolutely no way,
whatever the money. He signed a new contract last season to 2012
and we are not a selling club. Alex Ferguson has never let a player
go when he was not happy to do so. Cristiano is happy here. Alex
and Carlos Queiroz know his mind and what hes about.
Everything about him is Manchester United. Hes like George Best,
Eric Cantona. You cant sell players like that and we are not
going to sell players like that. Gill was speaking as United
released their yearly accounts, which show a profit of £60m on a
turnover of £245m.
Spend on players
In September, Arsenal claimed to be the biggest earners in English
football after announcing a turnover of £201m. Gill said: We knew
our revenues and profits would be in excess of Arsenals. We have
a leading position in world sport and these results demonstrate
it.
Last year United spent £60m on Nani, Anderson, Owen Hargreaves and
Carlos Tevez. They are now backing Fergie with a £12m offer for
Ajax striker Klaus Jan Huntelaar, but Gill accepts no matter how
much club owners the Glazer family spend on players they may never
win over some fans.
He said: They havent interfered. They let the manager get on with
it and they have been very supportive. But there will be people
who wont accept them, even if we were to win three European Cups
on the bounce.
We give fans great football.
