It's the transfer saga that won't go away and there is another twist again today, Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has insisted to Sky Sports News that the Cristiano Ronaldo transfer saga was instigated by Ronaldo.

There was a massive clash during the summer with Manchester United and Real Madrid over Cristiano Ronaldo and now the Real Madrid president has said that they only pursued him because Ronaldo made it clear to them that he wanted to leave Old Trafford for the Bernabeu.

We have left that, it has been a very big story which we didn't provoke," Calderon told Sky Sports News.
"The player said he wanted to come here, a dream to come to Real Madrid and we received and we were happy to know that.
"After that I talked to Manchester but David Gill was very clear and said they didn't want to sell at all.
"We want to have a good relation with all the big clubs in Europe and Manchester is one of the best and I like to have a good relationship with them forever, and they said for the moment no."

But it isn't just Ronaldo's fault, Calderon also believes that the media played their part aswell.


"I know the media in general to give excitement to their readers and listeners and Cristiano Ronaldo is a fantastic player and he has won the golden ball and I congratulate him on that and I wish him the best, anywhere he is going to be in the future."

So in other words, it isn't Real Madrid's fault, it is Ronaldo's and the press.