Cristiano Ronaldo. AP FILE PHOTO
You can have Cristiano Ronaldo, but you should pay Real Madrid a hefty €1 billion (£730 million).
That’s the steep selling price laid down by Los Blancos president Florentino Perez amid rumors of the Portuguese striker’s possible transfer to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
In an interview with a Spanish radio via the Daily Telegraph, Perez made the proposition for any possible Ronaldo suitors simple – pay the 10-figure sum and you can take Ronaldo away from Santiago Bernabeu.
“If PSG want Cristiano Ronaldo, it’s simple: They have to pay the €1 billion release clause,” he said. “No one is a prophet in football, but we don’t want to sell him in 2016. He still has three years left on his contract.”
Globo Esporte earlier reported that the French club is bidding £110 million for the services of Ronaldo, which could possibly pair him with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani, Exequiel Lavezzi, and former Real Madrid teammate Angel Di Maria.
Ronaldo has been with Real Madrid since 2009, where he scored 235 goals in 202 appearances. He is also a three-time FIFA Ballon d’Or winner. Randolph B. Leongson, INQUIRER.net