MADRID, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo will likely stay at Manchester United next season because the English champions are not willing to let him go, Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said Sunday.

MADRID, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo will likely stay at Manchester United next season because the English champions are not willing to let him go, Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said Sunday.

MADRID, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will hold talks in Switzerland next week over Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish sports daily AS reported Saturday.

The private talks will take place on Monday at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon on the sidelines of a wider meeting of European clubs, AS said.

MADRID, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will hold talks in Switzerland next week over Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish sports daily AS reported Saturday.

The private talks will take place on Monday at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon on the sidelines of a wider meeting of European clubs, AS said.

GLASGOW, June 8, 2008 (AFP) - Scotland's young rising star Steven Fletcher may be rubbing shoulders with Europe's finest next season, if Real Madrid follow up their early interest in the Hibernian player.

MADRID, June 2, 2008 (AFP) - Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has admitted that signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United now appears impossible.

The Portuguese striker's transfer 'is a wish that is no longer is possible as the club has said it will not sell him,' he told the Marca sports daily published Monday.

MANCHESTER, June 1, 2008 (AFP) - Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United's American owners would do anything in their power to keep Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford.

Ferguson has spoken to the Glazer family about Real Madrid's attempt to sign Ronaldo, a transfer saga that has turned increasingly spiteful in recent weeks.

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has admitted his club's bid to sign Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo is destined to end in failure.

Real have been desperate to sign Ronaldo despite United's refusal to listen to offers for the Portuguese star.

MANCHESTER, England, May 27, 2008 (AFP) - Manchester United have threatened to report Real Madrid to FIFA as the row over the Spanish club's bid to sign Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo turns ugly.

United have been increasingly frustrated by Real's attempts to lure Ronaldo to the Bernabeu stadium in the last year.

MADRID, May 27, 2008 (AFP) - Real Madrid is awaiting a decision by Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo on his possible transfer to the Spanish champions, but are hopeful of signing him, Spanish newspapers said Tuesday.

Real president Ramon Calderon told a meeting of the club's board on Monday that 'it is up to the player to commit himself publicly,' the newspaper Marca said.