STAND AND DELIVER

Last updated : 02 July 2003 By Editor

It looks like United are going to be held to ransom for the signature of Ronaldinho. The £14 million pound asking price that has been banded about by the press has more than doubled as PSG want £31 million. The price, which would be a British record transfer fee if United were to pay, has been set by PSG president Francis Graille.

Graille told Le Parisien newspaper: "We still want him to stay,"

"But if United arrive with an offer of 45m euros (£31m), the transfer can go very quickly,"

"Real propose 35million euros (£24m) to have Ronaldinho in a year, and to pay a third as early as today.

"At the moment there is an offer from Real, who proposed a deal in two steps, and an offer from Barcelona, who proposed money and some players.

"There is nothing at all from Manchester."