Football stars bid for Ronaldo’s 4.5 million “Gold Trafford”

October 10th, 2009 LONDON - The England football team players will get four lakh pounds each as bonus if they win the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Talks are ongoing between the players and the Football Association about bonuses for next summer's tournament in South Africa.

September 12th, 2009 LONDON - Arsene Wenger has pleaded with Arsenal fans not to abuse Manu Adebayor. Manchester City's 25 million pounds strike ace faces his old club for the first time at Eastlands today, and Gunners boss Wenger said: "I want all our former players to be respected." "They have done fantastic things for us and they should get our full respect for that," The Sun quoted him, as saying.

August 31st, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United has been accused of employing "anti-football" tactics during their 2-1 victory at Old Trafford by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who has reopened the hostilities between the two clubs in the new season. Wenger is to receive an official apology for being banished from the dugout but he remains incensed by the standard of refereeing and his conviction that Sir Alex Ferguson's players, predominantly Darren Fletcher, were guilty of systematic fouling.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson does not see anyone of his present squad or in the near future matching the football skills of Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo. Fergie has described Ronaldo, who was transferred to Spain's Real Madrid FC for a record 80 million pounds this year, as fantastic and irreplaceable.

July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The U.S.-based Glazer family, which owns Manchester United has denied rumors of transfer being kept from Alex Ferguson, but has acknowledged that it is spending 43.3 million pounds a year to service the club's massive debt. The Old Trafford giants have gone from being one of the richest clubs in football to the most indebted following the takeover by the Glazer family four years ago, reports The Sun.

July 5th, 2009 MADRID - Spanish football giant Real Madrid's astonishing summer of transfer window continued with a 55 million pounds offer for Bayern Munich mid-fielder Franck Ribery. The Los Galacticos have offered Dutch stars Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder in exchange for Ribery, which amounts to 40 million pounds.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - Football great Bobby Charlton has branded the 80 million pound price tag for Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo as "vulgar". Spanish giants Real Madrid have agreed to pay the huge fee for Ronaldo in a deal that should be signed next week.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo could lose 600,000 pounds on his UK pad when he moves from Manchester United to Real Madrid. The football star, 24, paid 3.8 million pounds in 2008 for the seven-bedroom mansion.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has dismissed concerns over mega transfer deals like Real Madrid's 80 million pound world record offer for Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. "What does 80 million pounds mean when 10 years ago, another player with the same name (Ronaldo of Brazil) moved from one club to another for 50 million pounds? It means that there is still a demand to have the stars.

June 11th, 2009 MADRID - Manchester United has said that it will consider transferring its star Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo to the Spanish football giants for an astronomical record breaking fee of 85 million pounds. Reports in Spain insisted that the Englissh Premier League champion club's chief executive David Gill had quoted this figure to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

June 11th, 2009 LONDON - England Premier League champions Manchester United Thursday received a world-record and unconditional offer of 80 million pounds for striker Cristiano Ronaldo from Spanish football giants Real Madrid. At Cristiano's request, who has again expressed his desire to leave, and after discussion with the player's representatives, United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player, a club statement said.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - English Premier League champions and one of the richest football clubs in the world, Manchester United, has clinched game's biggest shirt sponsor deal worth 80 million pounds with Aon Corporation. The deal came as United launched a final, desperate bid to keep Carlos Tevez out of Manchester City's clutches.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - England's Premier League clubs now pay their stars over a billion in wages, it has been revealed. The colossal bill - equivalent to 1.2 million pounds per player - emerged as figures were issued for the season before the current one concludes.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City are close to signing Argentine football star Carlos Tevez for 32 million pounds. The Argentine striker's advisor Kia Joorabchian is due to meet with Old Trafford chief executive David Gill to discuss the possibility of United paying a further 25.5 million pounds to turn Tevez's two-year loan into a permanent move.owever, Joorabchian has already thrashed out a possible transfer to Eastlands, Sun Sport reveals.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - Bulgarian football star Dimitar Berbatov is questioning his future at Manchester United after being left on the bench for the Champions League final. According to The Mirror, Berbatov, 28, is unhappy at missing out on another of United's big games of the season and his advisers are trying to find out if he is still seen as part of United boss Sir Alex Ferguson's long-term plans.