Fergie slams 'that mob' Real Madrid

12-19-2008 | AFP

Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported an agreement between the clubs

Panama Star YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. Sir Alex Ferguson lashed out at Real Madrid on Thursday after reports that Manchester United had agreed to sell them Cristiano Ronaldo, saying he would never do a deal with "that mob".

Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported that the two clubs had a gentleman's agreement to transfer Ronaldo to the Bernabeu at the end of the season.

It said the two teams agreed in principle to the deal at the end of a bitter tug-of-war for the Portugal star this year but pledged a vow of silence.

The paper quoted a conversation this week between a Real Madrid director, Pedro Trapote, and one of his business associates, and said at least two other senior club sources had leaked the news.

But an angry Ferguson said he would never sell his star player to the Madrid side as relations between the two football superpowers hit a new low.

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