Real Madrid Plan To Sue Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid is reportedly planning on suing Cristiano Ronaldo over his decision to stay in England for another season. The Portuguese star recently announced he will be playing for Manchester United for at least one more season, consequently ruling out a move to the Spanish Champions in the immediate future.

Ronaldo’s decision has clearly angered Madrid officials, who are now demanding Ronaldo pay £17 million for breaking the terms of his contract.

“But isn’t Ronaldo contracted to Manchester United?” you might ask.

Yes, he is. So how can Real Madrid even refer to a contract between themselves and the United winger? Well, apparently Ronaldo had agreed to terms with the Spanish giants and signed a contract warranting Real Madrid a large sum of money as compensation.

I earnestly doubt Ronaldo agreed to any such deal, but then again this is football and stranger things have happened.

Real Madrid is willing to offer Ronaldo a way out of paying such a large compensation fee, however. Real President Roman Calderon will cancel the fee if a deal can be struck with Manchester United allowing Ronaldo to move to the Santiago Bernabeu next season.

What I want to know though is how can Real Madrid even think they have the right to sue Ronaldo?

He may have declared a desire to join Real Madrid at one point during the summer, but Manchester United rejected all of the rumors about Ronaldo’s departure, as well as Madrid’s bids for their prized asset.

It almost seems as if Madrid is suing him out of bitterness just because after an entire summer of pursuing Ronaldo, they never ended up with their man. And suing Ronaldo is actually the worst move Madrid can make.

If Real Madrid are to sue Ronaldo all they will be doing is admitting to tapping up, which is a huge offense according to FIFA’s rules. Ronaldo is under contract with United for another four years and if Madrid did sign a contract with him, they have acted illegally and are therefore guilty of ‘tapping up.’

If a club is found guilty of tapping up a player they can be fined or even receive a points deduction and disqualification from Europe. The punishment usually varies. Ronaldo would also face punishment if any such contract was ever agreed with Madrid.

Seriously though, what is Real Madrid thinking? I can’t wait to see how this one pans out. Ferguson must be having a good laugh about this right about now!