No offer received for Real Madrid's Ronaldo, boss says

PanARMENIAN.Net - There has been no interest from any club in Real Madrid's star player Cristiano Ronaldo, who has threatened to leave Spain after running into problems with tax authorities, according to club president Florentino Perez Rodriguez, AFP says.

"No one has sent us an offer for either Cristiano or anyone else," Perez told Onda Cero radio station.

"Ronaldo is a lot more powerful and more important than all of us who are here," he added.

Perez's first task after being reelected unopposed as Real Madrid president on Monday, June 19 will be to appease Ronaldo amid speculation the four-time world player of the year wants to leave.

"As no other candidature was put forward to the board ... it is proclaimed that Mr Florentino Perez Rodriguez is president of Real Madrid," the Spanish and European champions said in a statement.

The 70-year-old construction magnate's third term in charge of Europe's most successful club spanning 15 years -- 2000-2006 and since 2009 -- will be rubber stamped at a ceremony at the Santiago Bernabeu later Monday.

And among the first issues he will have to deal with is Ronaldo -- who he bought in 2009 from Manchester United for a record 94 million euros ($105.3 million).

Ronaldo is threatening to leave Spain after running into problems with tax authorities.

The frenzy of speculation began soon after Ronaldo was accused last week of a 14.7 million euro tax evasion through offshore companies.

The Portuguese international is currently in Russia competing for the European champions in the Confederations Cup.