Real Give up Ronaldo Hopes

Real Madrid have finally given up their hopes of signing Cristiano Ronaldo.

"We are not going to start a conflict," Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon said.

"You can't buy what the owner doesn't want to sell. We have not interfered with United's contract agreement with Cristiano Ronaldo. We're sorry that United – a club with which we have an excellent relationship – is annoyed with us because Real Madrid have nothing to do with that aspect.

"I want to clear this up with him and assure him we are not going to influence any player to break a contractual relationship. We are not going to start a conflict. If a club doesn't want to sell a player, why would we insist that they do sell him?"

Cristiano is now free to concentrate on his Euro 2008 tournament with ortugal - we'll be ready and reporting it all here so keep checking back!

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