United Report Real Madrid To FIFA
Manchester United have taken an unusual step and reported Real Madrid to FIFA over their continued effort to court Cristiano Ronaldo, one of United’s leading football goals scorer. United manager Alex Ferguson has said on a number of occasions that he is unhappy at the way Madrid act in the transfer market and is different to that of their arch rivals in the Spanish football tables CF Barcelona, who never state their intentions publicly.
Ronaldo has been arguably the world’s best player this season scoring no fewer that 42 football goals in all football fixtures and competitions. It his enormous value to the club that has made him such a big transfer target this summer. Alex Ferguson has been adamant that he will not sell the football result changing playmaker, but Ronaldo himself has stated on a number of occasions that he would one day consider a move to his boy-hood dream club within the Spanish football tables. For one to understand why he is constantly being linked to Madrid you have to look at the effect of Spanish football on the Portuguese nation. Like most young kids in the Far East want to grow up and play football fixtures for United, the same can be said for the young Portuguese kids with respect to playing and scoring football goals for Madrid. There is a certain element of pride and achievement of pulling on the famous white shirt. Ronaldo himself has commented on this in the media, but has now distanced himself and decided not to speak about his future until after the European Championships ahead of next seasons football fixtures.
The fee that Madrid would have to pay Manchester United has been speculated in the media, with most putting his value at around the seventy million pound mark. There has also been talk of him being offered a reported three hundred thousand pounds a week after tax.
Article 18 of FIFA’s regulations for the status and transfer of player’s states: ‘A club intending to conclude a contract with a professional must inform the player’s current club in writing before entering into negotiations with him.
‘A professional shall only be free to conclude a contract with another club if his contract with his present club has expired or is due to expire within six months. Any breach of this provision shall be subject to appropriate sanctions.’
Whatever happens this summer, it seems almost likely that Ronaldo will move to Real Madrid at some point in his career, but whether it will be this summer or a year or two in the future remains to be seen.