MORE REAL DENIALS

Last updated : 01 May 2003 By Editor
Real Madrid have hit back at claims in the English press
that their denial of interest in David Beckham was identical
to that made last year about Ronaldo, 22 days before signing
him.

"We made a very clear point to bring an end to this matter.
It is not true that this controversy is similar to that
which existed in the months leading up to the signings of
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane. This is the first time the club
have used an official channel to issue an emphatic denial,"