Real Madrid May Sell Cristiano Ronaldo, Daily Mail Says: Soccer Roundup
Real Madrid's Portuguese Forward Cristiano Ronaldo
Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty Images)
Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Photographer: Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty Images)
The following is a roundup of soccer stories from U.K. newspapers, with clickable links to the Web.
Real’s Ronaldo Sale
Real Madrid will seek as much as 150 million pounds ($244 million) for Cristiano Ronaldo after the forward’s relationship with manager Jose Mourinho worsened, the Daily Mail reported.
Club president Florentino Perez will listen to offers for the world’s most expensive player following a rift that developed after Ronaldo and Mourinho argued about tactics at Madrid’s training ground, the newspaper added.
Ronaldo moved to the Spanish capital for 80 million pounds from Manchester United in 2009. He’s scored more than 50 goals this season, including the winner in the Spanish cup final against Barcelona.
Tevez Out
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has told the English F.A. Cup winning-team that he’s quitting, the Sun reported.
Tevez’s admission that he wants to leave comes just days after manager Roberto Mancini said the 27-year-old wanted to stay and lead the team into its first season in the Champions League, the newspaper said.
“I want to leave Manchester City,” the Sun quoted the City captain telling Radio del Plata in Argentina. “Football has changed a lot for me and I don’t know if I will even make it to the next World Cup.”
Tevez said he’d been treated well by the club but that he needed “a change of scene,” according to the Sun.
Porto Price
Clubs that want to hire Porto’s 33-year-old manager Andre Villas-Boas will have to pay a 15 million-euro ($21.5 million) release clause, the Telegraph said.
Chelsea has been linked with a move for Villas-Boas, who led Porto to the Europa League title two days ago, but he’ll probably remain in Portugal for another season because of the size of the fee, the Telegraph added.
He’s more likely to leave at the end of next season because the clause appears to only apply to the upcoming off-season, the Telegraph said.
As well as winning the Europa League, Porto went unbeaten in winning the Portuguese league championship and is in the final off the national cup.
Diego to Liverpool?
Liverpool may make a move for Wolfsburg’s Brazilian attacking midfielder Diego, the Sun reported.
The 26-year-old may be available for as little as 9 million pounds after walking out on a pre-match training camp, the newspaper said. He cost more than twice that figure when he moved to Juventus in May 2009.
Prank Probe
The pilot who carried a banner from Millwall fans taunting ex-West Ham manager Avram Grant during the Hammers’ defeat at Wigan may face a “hefty fine” from aviation authorities, the Daily Mail said.
The banner which said ”Avram Grant - Millwall legend” was flown over the DW Stadium in Wigan as West Ham gave up a two- goal lead to lose the match 3-2 and become the first Premier League team to be relegated this season. Grant was fired after the game.
According to guidelines, it’s forbidden to fly a plane in a built up area below 1,000 feet, the Mail said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Tariq Panja at tpanja@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Chris Elser at celser@bloomberg.net
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