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Madrid To Sell Six To Finance Ronaldo
Real Madrid are preparing to sell up to six players in order to finance their continuing quest to prise Cristiano Ronaldo away from Manchester United this summer.
With the highest amount reported that los Merengues are willing to pay being €90m, the club's moneymen have warned president Ramón Calderón that sales will have to be made, Sport state.
The Spanish champions are in debt, with some critics putting the figure as high as €400m, and the transfer of Ronaldo could not be justified unless other money was brought in.
One plan is that Madrid will sell four high profile youth team products and two star names from their squad in a bid to raise more than half the projected transfer fee for Ronaldo.
Robinho looks set to be sold and it is now just a question of whether is included in a swap deal with Manchester United or offered to the open market for the right price.
Two other names in the hat, only one of which will go, are Wesley Sneijder and Ruud van Nistelrooy, but Schuster would prefer the former to be the one to leave.
Despite only being at the club one season, Sneijder's stock has risen higher because of Euro 2008 and the arrival of Ronaldo would mean he would not be sorely missed.
Esteban Granero, Rubén De la Red, Álvaro Negredo and Javi García could all be sold on despite enjoying successful spells on loan last term that looked to be enough to earn them a recall to Bernd Schuster's squad.
Negredo is the only one not to have seen his buy-back clause activated with Almería hopeful they can keep him, but the other three all believe they could play for Madrid next term.
The sale of those six players would be expected to raise over €50m and could mark a huge shift in the way the squad is balanced next term at Madrid.
Lucas Brown, Goal.com