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Shock Mourinho, Ronaldo rumours spark as ex-Barcelona president Laporta meets Mendes

Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta has met with super agent Jorge Mendes this week. Laporta is in the process of preparing his candidacy for the 2015 FC Barcelona presidential elections.

El Larguero says Laporta and Mendes, football agent who represents Mourinho amongst many others, had a lunch meeting in a central Madrid restaurant on Thursday.

During the get together, its reported that Laporta even inquired about Cristiano Ronaldo's buy-out clause to which Mendes replied that this would be an impossible negotiation.

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