- Title: Ronaldo rejects 300 million euro move to China
- Date: 30th December 2016
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 30, 2016) (REUTERS) PLAYERS WALKING ONTO PITCH COACH ZINEDINE ZIDANE WITH PLAYERS ON PITCH ZIDANE TALKING CRISTIANO RONALDO, PEPE, MARCELO AND SERGIO RAMOS CRISTIANO RONALDO CHASING BALL PLAYERS WARMING UP SERGIO RAMOS WARMING UP SEPARATELY ON THE SIDELINES PLAYERS WARMING UP ON PITCH KARIM BENZEMA WARMING UP RONALDO TRYING TO TAKE BALL FROM TEAMMATES JAMES RODRIGUEZ JOKING WITH HIS TEAMMATES AND CHASING BALL, RONALDO POINTING AT BALL ZIDANE PACING ON PITCH RAMOS SITTING ON COOLER WATCHING THE TRAINING SESSION VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING CRISTIANO RONALDO RUNNING AND STOPPING BALL, RONALDO CHASING BALL VARIOUS OF PLAYERS PLAYING MATCH AGAINST EACH OTHER KARIM BENZEMA RUNNING ON PITCH JAMES RODRIGUEZ TRYING TO GET BALL AND THEN LOOKING DESPONDENT AND WALKING AWAY BEFORE HE STARTS RUNNING AGAIN PITCH PLAYERS RUNNING FABIO COENTRAO TRAINING PEPE WALKING PAST, WAVING AND KICKING BALL PLAYERS PLAYING MATCH CRISTIANO RONALDO GETTING BALL AND SCORING VARIOUS OF PLAYERS PLAYING MARCELO KICKING BALL, GOALKEEPER KEYLOR NAVAS STOPPING BALL KARIM BENZEMA PASSING BALL TO MARCELO, MARCELO PASSING BALL TO KARIM BENZEMA WHO SCORES A GOAL CRISTIANO RONALDO SHOOTING AND SCORING ZIDANE LUKA MODRIC SCORING PENALTY KICK CRISTIANO RONALDO PREPARING FOR PENALTY KICK, PLACES BALL, RUNS TOWARDS BALL, KICKS AND SCORES THEN CELEBRATES CRISTIANO RONALDO AND TEAMMATES JOKING AROUND AND POSING FOR CAMERAS PLAYERS LEAVING PITCH
- Embargoed: 14th January 2017 13:38
- Keywords: Soccer Spain Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo Zinedine Zidane James Rodriguez
- Location: MADRID, SPAIN
- City: MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0015F2ROSF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has turned down the chance to leave Real Madrid for an unnamed Chinese club for a transfer fee of 300 million euros ($315.24 million), his agent said on Thursday (December 29).
Speaking to Sky Italia at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai, Jorge Mendes said the deal would have been worth 100 million euros a year to the Portugal striker.
News of the offer made to European champions Real came on the same day Argentine striker Carlos Tevez joined the Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua from Boca Juniors.
No financial details were disclosed but media reports said Shenhua had paid 84 million euros for former Manchester City and Manchester United forward Tevez.
Last week Brazil midfielder Oscar joined local rivals Shanghai SIPG from Chelsea for a fee that media reports put at 60 million euros.
On Friday (December 30) Ronaldo and his Real Madrid teammates participated in a training session which was open to fans, following a tradition the club has followed in the festive season. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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