A newspaper in Spain is claiming Real Madrid have a deal in place to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in the summer. A Director of Madrid, Pedro Trapote, is close to Los Merengues' president Ramon Calderon and he let the agreement slip in a conversation that has been transcribed by El Mundo.

Real have been long term admirers of the Portuguese international and tried to sign the winger last summer.

El Mundo report that Trapote leaked the news in a chat that was recorded.

"If you are asking me what we are going to do now then I would tell you that we have already signed the best player for the summer," Trapote is quoted as saying.

"Are you talking about Cristiano?" was the reply.

"The best of the best. It is Cristiano, there is no other. It is better that we do not say anything at the moment though.

"Why can you not say anything. It is the best time because things are going badly and people need something to excite them in the middle of all this.

Trapote replied: "No, it is best to not say anything because there are some clauses that prevent us from announcing it now."