Fergie told Man Utd to demand £150m for Cristiano Ronaldo

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has admitted he was disappointed to receive just £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo when he was sold to Real Madrid in 2009 and believes Manchester United could have demanded almost double that amount.

Cristiano Ronaldo cost Real Madrid £80m 

Ferguson said that given Real's willingness to pay £85m for Tottenham's Gareth Bale, he believes that the Spanish giants would have happily paid £150m for Ronaldo.

He is quoted in Spanish newspaper AS as saying: "I told David Gill to ask for £150m. Perez would have paid.

"The only thing that hurt me, and I said this repeatedly to David Gill, was that we didn't demand enough.

"I told David, 'Ask for £150m'.

"He said, 'Don't be silly. They'll never pay £150m'.

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