Madrid to bid for Cris

Madrid - Spanish giants Real Madrid have made a bid for on-fire Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo, a Spanish newspaper reported on Thursday.

Real, without silverware for four years, have bid 40 million euros for the 21-year-old Portugal international in an effort to sign him in the January transfer window, the Madrid-based ABC daily said.

But the English Premiership leaders have no intention of letting go of the in-form Ronaldo, who scored three consecutive doubles for his club over the holiday period, and have slapped a price tag of 70 million euros on him, ABC said.

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