MANCHESTER UNITED met withNike officials yesterday to plot a mega bid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
An Old Trafford return would cost at least £65million.
And it would reunite Ronaldo with Wayne Rooney, who Alex Ferguson has vowed will be a United player next season.
The Nike representatives ­ flew in to London to also talk about the renewal of their shirt sponsorship agreement with the Red Devils.
But top of the agenda was talks about how they could help the club get Ronaldo.
Nike is desperate to get the Portuguese star back to the biggest football club that wear their logo.
They currently sponsor Ronaldo in terms of boots and sportswear but are frustrated that he runs out inan adidas shirt with Real Madrid every week.
They believe their global brand would be even stronger with him back in a Nike United shirt.
United would need to put together a deal of £65m plus a player like Nani to tempt Real to sell this summer.
But they could have to go further for a player they soldto Real for £80m almost four years ago.
Nike want to help in any way they can.
Their current 13-year shirt deal with United is worth £303m and expires in 2015.
United would be looking for atleast double that figure and maybe even three times the next time around.
Nike could even renegotiate the deal early so United havethe cash this summer.
There could also be a greater incentive written intoany new sponsorship contract for Ronaldo based on him being at United.
The club also know with Ronaldo back in a United shirtthe value of future sponsorship deals with othercompanies would increase.
SunSport has already revealed Ronaldo would be willing to snub £500,000 a week from Paris St Germain to take half that amount at Old Trafford.
Ronaldo was bowled over by the reception he received from United’s fanson Tuesday ahead of the Champions League clash with Real.
He scored what proved to bethe winner — and refused to celebrate.
The 28-year-old has two years left on his deal in Madrid.
He has refused to accept a new contract!
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