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Man Utd - Striker won't be cheap
Written by Sawyer | 18th July 2006 | 0 Comment(s)
Out-of-favour Manchester Untied striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is eager to join Real Madrid, the Dutchman's agent said.
The 30-year-old has been linked with Real and Bayern Munich among others, but he fancies most the move to the Spanish capital.
''We know Madrid want him and he wants to play there,'' Rodger Linse, van Nistelrooy's agent, told Marca newspaper.
''Madrid is a dream for any footballer, including Ruud.''
Real are said to have offered £8 million for the prolific van Nistelrooy but United's asking price, according to sources, is at least £10 million but the Old Trafford club would like something more in the region of £15 million if they could get it.
Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that, ‘'Real Madrid won't sign Ruud van Nistelrooy on the cheap,'' and the manager will also be buoyed by the news that financial restructuring by the Glaziers will save United £28 million a year, although the club must still pay £62 million a year in interest.
However, the new deal raises United's debt to £660 million, which is the largest ever to be endured by an English club.
Fabio Capello, Real's newly-appointed manager, had this to say about the Dutchman.
''Van Nistelrooy has done well at all the clubs he has played for," he told Spanish television station Antena 3.''
''He has scored a lot of goals and he is a striker who can succeed at Madrid.''
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