Man Utd tell Real Madrid: £85M for Ronaldo

Manchester United are ready to sell Cristiano Ronaldo for a bank-busting £85 million.

The Sun says reports in Spain yesterday insisted United's chief executive David Gill had quoted Real Madrid president Florentino Perez £85m for the winger.

But Ronaldo, on holiday in Los Angeles, will have to put in a transfer request and tell United boss Sir Alex Ferguson eye-to-eye that he wants to quit Old Trafford for the Bernabeu.

Ferguson flew out to Lisbon last summer to persuade Ronaldo, 24, to stay with the Red Devils after a summer in which the player pushed for a move to Madrid.

But Fergie will not go chasing the player this time - and the meeting will be on his terms back in Manchester.

Once again, he will try to talk him round.

But the growing feeling is that if a world-record bid comes in and the player is again adamant he wants out, then a deal will be done.