LINSE STIRRING - AGAIN

Linse was paid a ‘loyalty bonus’ of £1.2 million for securing Ruud’s signature on his last contract just over eighteen months ago and now this:

"It's possible that things are going to happen next summer but that's all I will say for the moment," Linse is quoted as saying in the Mail On Sunday.

"If I say more, I will not be able to keep the English and Spanish press off my back. But at this stage I don't want to lie about it either. Ruud does wish to play in Spain. It is not a case of 'must', more an urge. When he has the chance, he could move there. And I would love to see him play his football there, too."

Asked how many times Real had tried to sign Van Nistelrooy in the past, Linse added:

"Enough times. We have had enough talks. At some stage, over the last two seasons, Real were very firm about a transfer. They have even put an offer on the table at United. Ruud was going to earn much more money in Madrid but he felt he had not completed his mission at United."