Real Madrid appear to have reopened the war of words with Manchester United over the future of Cristiano Ronaldo, breaking the uneasy truce that stood between the clubs. Reports in Spain yesterday quoted Pedro Trapote, a Real Madrid director and ally of Ramón Calderón, the president, claiming a gentlemen’s agreement had been struck between the Barclays Premier League champions and the La Liga champions that a transfer would be concluded during the close season.

El Mundo Deportivo, a daily sports paper, claims Trapote made the comments to reporters after Real’s 2-0 defeat by Barcelona at the Nou Camp last weekend, when the director also claimed that details of the transfer had not been made public because all parties had agreed to remain silent about the deal.

“If you are asking me what we are going to do now then I would tell you that we have already signed the best player for the summer,” Trapote is quoted as saying. “The best of the best. It is Cristiano, there is no other. It is better that we do not say anything at the moment, though.”

When pressed about his reluctance to say more at a time when Real are struggling and good news would be welcome, Trapote responded: “It is best to not say anything because there are some clauses that prevent us from announcing it. For us, it would be a good time, but we should not do that. But it is not bad, eh?”

I don’t believe this rumour at all. It must be another Real Madrid jokes. After losing to Barcelona 2-0 last week, they try to divert all the focus to some other news. Huh!!

Yeah…keep talking about Ronaldo and you might losing another good players. After Robinho..then??