- Paris Saint Germain have been quoted a mammoth €1billion (£728million) asking price by Real Madrid for star forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Ligue 1 giants, bank-rolled by the Qatar Investment Authority, had been linked with a move for Ronaldo during the summer transfer window and were reported to have made an offer of £87m for him on deadline day.
However, Los Blancos president Florentino Perez has since confirmed that even that sum would fall well short of the Spanish club's valuation. Perez told radio station Cadena COPE: 'If PSG want Cristiano Ronaldo it's simple, they have to pay the €1billion release clause.'
He added: 'No one is a prophet in football, but we don't want to sell him in 2016, he still has three years left on his contract.'
Ronaldo joined Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 for a then world-record fee of £80m. In six seasons so far at the Santiago Bernabeu, he has broken slew of scoring records.
He has netted 313 goals in 302 appearances in all competitions and has not had a seasonal tally of less than 50 since his first campaign.
Ronaldo has helped Madrid to seven trophies during his time at the club, with the 2013-14 Champions League title standing out as the crowning achievement of a glittering haul.
Individually, he also claimed FIFA's prestigious Balon d'Or award consecutively in 2013 and 2014.
Rumours of Ronaldo's potential exit from Madrid surfaced in the summer when the 30-year-old was reported to be frustrated with new manager Rafa Benitez' training sessions.
Spanish newspaper AS alleged that Ronaldo was unhappy with a particular drill that involved hitting the ball at the crossbar. 'It's meant to be the ball in there, in the net. Not this s***',' Ronaldo was reported to have said.
SOURCE:sportsmail
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