Cristiano Ronaldo’s will to play for Real Madrid brought him to Spain unlike Kylian Mbappe, reveals Roman Calderon
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Former Real Madrid president, Roman Calderon who brought Cristiano Ronaldo to the Santiago Bernabeu revealed via El Confidencial that it was Cristiano Ronaldo’s own decision to sign for Real Madrid that made the move possible.
Roman Calderon was the president of Real Madrid from June 2006 to January 2009. His last signing was Cristiano Ronaldo for a whopping €94 million after which Fiorentino Perez took charge of Real Madrid.
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“United told us to pay the money in single payment” – Roman reveals finer details of Cristiano Ronaldo’s move
Speaking about the detail, Roman said, “We had been talking to Manchester United for two years and there was no way they would sell him. I had a good relationship with David Gill, the general manager, Jorge Mendes, and the boy told us that they wanted to come and we kept insisting until in December 2008.”
“We managed to reach an agreement with United. Cristiano had renewed, but he put a clause to leave the club for 80 million pounds. They were about 94 million euros. In the end, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Real Madrid only because Ronaldo wanted to come play for Real Madrid. We spoke for years, his will decided it, as we were told United would never sell.”
Roman spoke about the deal saying that it was their extra clause with Cristiano Ronaldo, that should the player back out of the move, he’d have to pay Real Madrid €30 million, which ensured the move went through. Real Madrid did not have thus agreement in place with Kylian Mbappe which according to Roman was the reason the move failed.
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