Real Madrid president Perez vows to make Ronaldo the best-paid player in the world to ward off Manchester United

By Lee Bryan

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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is prepared to make Cristiano Ronaldo the best-paid player in the world to keep him at the Bernabeu after the departure of manager Jose Mourinho.

Perez said: ‘I would like Cristiano Ronaldo to be the best-paid player in the world. We’re going to do everything at our hand to make him happy.’

The former Manchester United superstar has been linked with a return to Old Trafford this summer - and with a move to mega-rich French champions Paris Saint-Germain - but Perez is determined to keep him at Madrid for some time yet.

Bumper deal: Perez is prepared to break the bank to keep Ronaldo at Real

Bumper deal: Perez is prepared to break the bank to keep Ronaldo at Real

Star man: Ronaldo had another fine season despite Real not winning a major trophy

Star man: Ronaldo had another fine season despite Real not winning a major trophy

Unhappy: Ronaldo is thought be considering a move away from the Spanish capital

Unhappy: Ronaldo is thought be considering a move away from the Spanish capital

Ronaldo has been a prolific scorer since his £80million move to Spain in 2009, netting an extraordinary 146 goals in 135 games.

The Madrid president also insisted that despite numerous instances of player revolt and mutiny against the ‘Special One’ this season, the players had nothing but good things to say about Mourinho.

He added: ‘The players only had good words about Mourinho. They told me that he was the best.

‘We don’t know who will be the new coach. We will talk about that during the next week. But we want Zinedine Zidane to be the leader of the project.’

Zidane’s first job is to bring Tottenham’s superstar Gareth Bale to the Spanish capital - even if it costs £65million.

Power-brokers: Perez (above) and Zidane (below) want to unite Ronaldo and Bale at the Bernabeu

Power-brokers: Perez (above) and Zidane (below) want to unite Ronaldo and Bale at the Bernabeu

Power-brokers: Perez (above) and Zidane (below) want to unite Ronaldo and Bale at the Bernabeu

The club have long been admirers of the Welsh winger and a link-up with Ronaldo would make Madrid a formidable force next season.

Zidane has been a key player in Madrid’s transfer business since he retired in 2006. He played a key part in convincing Raphael Varane to move to the Bernabeu and will hope to groom Bale in a similar way.

Tottenham’s plans are for Bale to continue for one more year, despite the disappointment of the club not reaching fourth place in the league and therefore not qualifying for the Champions League. To counteract this, the club are putting together a new contract whereby Bale’s earnings would go up from £4.7m gross a year to £6.4m.

Bale won the grand slam of player-of-the-year awards last season, scooping the Football Writers’ Association accolade, both PFA prizes and the Barclays Premier League honour.

Wanted man: Bale is European football's hottest property

Wanted man: Bale is European football's hottest property

 

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to scupper united ? they did that themselves letting moyes bring his own backroom staff and I say that as a united fan of over 30 years.

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he needs love not money you fool

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I will explain the facts to all of you, Rooney,Nani, Anderson, and a few more fringe players are going to be out, then in will become Cesc Fabregas along with Garth Bale who has a far longer football career ahead of him than Ronaldo, you had better believe it!

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That's it, throw money at them RM, no wonder they want to join! What was it you offered Neymar? Double what Barca offered!

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In the final year of his contract he will be earning £510,000 a week...I don't see him leaving

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Some of the comments regarding "Ronny" and "Comming home" are actually quite creepy, bordering on desperation ; D You are grown men, have some dignity! He will do as he choses and he looks fairly happy with his life in Spain.

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The EPL needs him back.

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Ronaldo is the best player in the world.

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United fans dreaming up facts again. What about the fact that the biggest and most successful manager in world football turned down the chance to manage united. A fact you won't believe unless ferguson himself tells you and nobody from united are hardly likely to admit that. - fairfan , Wrexham Uk, 28/5/2013 18:07 Liverpool fan dreaming about united again, you won't admit it but you're in love with united because you spend all of your time reading united articles and even a sentence in a real madrid article and commenting on it, yet spending almost no time on his own club's articles, which is something that a 'liverpool fan' is hardly likely to admit that..

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Ronaldo's name is sung by their fans every game, you can quite clearly hear it on the Sky La Liga coverage so this nonsense about them not appreciating him is a bit ridiculous, he is the 10th best paid player in the World and it's pretty well documented money is an issue for him and how can he best Messi if he leaves? He also did the "I'm sad" act at United which gained him a larger contract. All these Man United fan from far flung places aren't half making a show of themselves begging him to come back. Rather unbecoming of a great club like MU.

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