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With the saga concerning Cristiano Ronaldo not seemingly subsiding, Manchester United has threatened to report Real Madrid to FIFA over their public pursuit of the Portuguese midfielder. They have since issued a statement of their ‘growing irritation’ from the Spanish giants voicing their interest in signing Ronaldo.

The statement that was issued mentioned that “Manchester United has watched with growing irritation the comments attributed to Real Madrid over their alleged desire to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. The facts are: the player is on a long-term contract and his registration is held by Manchester United; The player is not for sale. The club will have no alternative but to report Real Madrid to the world governing body, FIFA, if it continues to behave in this totally unacceptable fashion. These public attempts to unsettle the player are completely against the regulations and the club will not tolerate them any longer.”

“In addition, the club is certain that they are a distraction for the Portuguese national squad as they prepare for the European Championships. No one should be in any doubt that Manchester United will do everything in its power to keep its best players.”

To this issue, Bernd Schuster, the Madrid coach has since finalized that their summer’s number one target is Ronaldo while Sir Alex Ferguson, the Man Utd coach has iterated his annoyance with Madrid for their public touting of his player, while Barcelona do not do so.

But according to Schuster, it is how business is done and he refuse to back down from his public comments saying that “There are other players we have been looking at but everything has slowed down a little due to all this Cristiano Ronaldo business, seeing as he is the big priority for the club.The English way has been a perfect education for a player with such exceptional individual talent. There he has learned to enjoy his football as a complete professional. This means we would get a Cristiano who would arrive here with his lessons learned.”
 
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