Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has dismissed suggestions the Spanish champions would be willing to spend £80m on Cristiano Ronaldo.
Speculation has been rife that Madrid would smash their own world-record transfer fee – set when they splashed £46m on Zinedine Zidane in 2001 – by offering Manchester United in the region of 100 million euros for Ronaldo if the Red Devils decided to cash in on their prize asset.
However, speaking just days after Madrid coach Bernd Schuster urged the club to “pay what is necessary” to take Ronaldo to the Bernabeu, Calderon insists they will not break the bank for any player.