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Real Madrid are preparing to try their luck at tempting Cristiano
Ronaldo to move to the Bernabéu in the summer after failing to land
him last year.
AS' chief Madrid correspondent, Tomás Roncero, has said that
president Ramón Calderón will off-load player's at the end of the
season in order to fund a move.
Although Ronaldo has no official buy-out clause in his contract, it
is thought that a bid of around 70m should be enough to see
Manchester United seriously consider the offer.
With the former Sporting winger being only 22, he is seen as good
value for that amount as it would still be 5m less than Zinedine
Zidane cost in 2001.
The real objective for Madrid is to persuade Ronaldo himself to
want to move as they believe that his desire would be the key to
leaving Old Trafford.
His recent statement that playing in la Primera is a dream helps to
give the story some credibility, but next summer may well be far
too soon for him to consider a transfer.
Sir Alex Ferguson looked to put an end to the speculation that was
building earlier this year by successfully tying the player down to
a new contract, whic runs until 2012.
To raise funds, Roberto Soldado will be sold for around 12m, while
Javier Saviola, Royston Drenthe and Arjen Robben could all be
offered to other clubs.
Royston and Robben could stay if they prove themselves, but the
latter has already been labelled a flop by the Madrid hierarchy,
according to Roncero.
