RONALDO GIVES UNITED HOPE

ABOVE: Manchester United have been working on a deal to sign Cristiano Ronaldo in a £60m switch this summe

All the news about my renewal with Real Madrid is false

Cristiano Ronaldo on Twitter

14th June 2013

By Duncan Wright

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CRISTIANO RONALDO has given Manchester United fresh hope they can tempt him back to Old Trafford by dismissing talk he is signing a new contract at Real Madrid.

United have been working on a deal to sign the brilliant winger in a £60m switch this summer, as exclusively revealed in Starsport in February.
They are hopeful of piecing together a £250,000-a-week offer along with club sponsors Chevrolet and Nike to make the 28-year-old their biggest ever signing.
Yet Real president Florentino Perez last week insisted Ronaldo would be signing a new deal to replace the existing contract which runs until 2015, claiming the player would even retire at Real Madrid.

But Ronaldo yesterday took the unusual step of going public to make it clear there was no truth in the talk he was signing an extension at the Bernabeu.
The Portuguese star tweeted: "All the news about my renewal with Real Madrid is false."
Such a step is highly unusual for Ronaldo, who in the past has maintained his silence when speculation over his future has been rife.
And it will provide encouragement to United officials that they can still pull off the transfer deal of the summer to start the David Moyes era with a bang.
Ronaldo has spent four seasons at the Bernabeu, scoring 201 goals in 199 games in all competitions and helping them win La Liga in 2012.
Earlier this week, Perez said: "I would bet Cristiano will retire at Real Madrid because it's the natural thing. We will negotiate the new contract before the start of La Liga and I am convinced that everything will come out well.
"To renew Cristiano before the start of the season is my desire and my ambition. We will do everything possible to make it happen."