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RONALDO...STAYING OR GOING?

Who to believe? While The Sunday Mirror, rejecting public opinion, says that 'Cristiano Ronaldo will still be a Manchester United player next season', The Observer has claimed that the Portuguese forward agreed the terms for his move to Real Madrid 'months ago'.

Manchester United have, so far, strenuously denied that Ronaldo will leave and the Mirror reckons that 'Sources close to Ronaldo say he has accepted that a dream move to Real Madrid is not going to materialise.'

The source is quoted as saying: "Talk of a move to Madrid has undoubtedly turned his head and unsettled him. But Ronaldo will not incur the wrath of United by making any demands on the club or threatening to take action that would leave him in breach of his own contract."

However, in sharp contrast, The Observer depicts Ronaldo's predicted transfer to Madrid as a done deal. It claims that the personal terms of the deal were agreed 'a long time ago' and announces: 'Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes is now understood to have finalised all the key details with executives from the Spanish club.'

"They have been talking for at least two months and it was all agreed with Real Madrid weeks ago," an Old Trafford source told the newspaper. "All this chat from [Real president] Ramón Calderón that he does not want to upset Manchester United, and Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be bought because he belongs to another club, is absolute rubbish. Discussions have gone way beyond the point of no return. Sir Alex Ferguson knows this now so you can imagine how it has gone down."

According to the newspaper, 'This explains United's decision to lodge a formal complaint with Fifa, claiming that Ronaldo has been tapped up; a threat that, although announced occasionally by clubs, is rarely acted upon.'

However, the twist in The Observer's tale is that the source describes Sir Alex Ferguson as adamant he will not lose Ronaldo. "I don't think he would sell even for £100 million," the source claimed.'

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