Beckham in the summer. The lure of a £35m fee will
apparently be too great to resist.
The Mirror report a swap ‘involving David Beckham going to
Real Madrid and Ronaldo coming to Manchester United is being
put together by sports manufacturers Adidas and Nike.
‘The two companies already have high stake investments in
both clubs. Adidas produce Madrid's shirts and have Beckham
as their star sponsored player.
‘Nike have Ronaldo on their books and are United's shirt
sponsors. It makes sense for both companies to have their
star clients wearing their best -selling shirts.’
And the Mirror also report:
‘Manchester United are preparing a multi-million-pound
double bid for Damien Duff and Craig Bellamy.
‘Sir Alex Ferguson has been given the go-ahead to embark on
a massive restructuring programme and he has placed the
Blackburn winger and the Newcastle striker on his list.
‘Ferguson could find himself with as much as £50million to
spend this summer if he decides to cash in on Ryan Giggs and
David Beckham and he will have no problem in bidding around
£15m apiece for Duff and Bellamy.’