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STUNNED: RONALDO UP FOR SALE...!!

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Madrid - Real Madrid are ready to stun the football world by putting Cristiano Ronaldo up for sale for a staggering £150 million. 

According to the Daily Mail website, a major rift has developed between the star Portuguese forward and Madrid manager Jose Mourinho following a training-ground row, and club president Florentino Perez is reluctantly willing to listen to offers. 

Madrid paid a world-record fee of £80m to Manchester United in 2009 and Perez has said he would want to make a significant profit to appease the supporters for the sale of their best player. Ronaldo, after all, was seen as Madrid’s answer to the dominance of Barcelona.

While there would be numerous suitors for his signature, even top clubs will balk at the astronomical fee and the player’s wages. It might take a net weekly wage in excess of £300 000 to prise him away from Spain. 

Manchester City, whose Abu Dhabi owners could easily afford the world-record sum demanded, have declared they do not plan a summer transfer splurge, leaving the former United player’s options decidedly limited.

Ronaldo, who has scored an astonishing 38 goals in La Liga this season, courted a move to the Santiago Bernabeu throughout the final year of his time in England. 

He said on his arrival in Spain: 'The great players cost a lot of money and if you want them you have to pay it. I’m happy to be the most expensive player in the world.'

REAL MADRID ENDS LOCAL CUP DROUGHT, THEN BREAKS CUP - LITERALLY!

Madrid - Real Madrid waited nearly three years for a trophy and then immediately broke it. 

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VIDEO: Sergio Ramos drops Copa del Rey under the bus

Madrid defender Sergio Ramos dropped the Copa del Rey from the top of the team bus during celebrations early on Thursday morning and the bus then ran over the trophy.

Emergency services gathered up the broken pieces and returned them to the bus but the trophy did not reappear at the club's traditional celebration spot of the Plaza de Cibeles in central Madrid.

"The cup fell, it fell," Ramos said according to Europa Press agency. "But the cup is OK."

Madrid beat rival Barcelona 1-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday, with Cristiano Ronaldo's extra-time goal giving the club its first domestic cup in 18 years.

Spanish reports placed 60 000 fans at Cibeles as Madrid celebrated its first silverware under coach Jose Mourinho and first since a Spanish league trophy in 2008.

"After two complicated years, winning the Copa del Rey is a relief," Madrid captain Iker Casillas said before following the tradition of wrapping a Madrid insignia and club scarf around the Roman goddess that marks the square.