Sid Lowe, the Guardian’s eminently reliable and well-versed La Liga correspondent, has attempted to unravel fact from fiction in regards to Sergio Ramos’ future.
Lowe is constantly asked for his opinion/information on the situation regarding a possible move to Manchester United for the Real club captain. On Sunday the sunset-loving journalist took to Twitter to clarify a few points.
The full monologue is below, but the main points are:
- Manchester United want Ramos;
- Ramos wants United (and United alone);
- Real don’t want to sell and have turned down a bid;
- Real have purposely set an unreasonable fee;
- There is significant fan pressure on Real not to sell;
- David de Gea can only join Real if Ramos swaps clubs.
Although none of this is particularly earth-shattering, the truth rarely is. In any case, it is refreshing to read the facts relayed in such clear, concise terms.
Man Utd want Ramos. They have made a formal bid (although oddly some media here, presumably guided by RM, denied that) €40m. 2
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) July 19, 2015
RM responded to that by suggesting a prohibitively high price (but not referring him to buyout clause, as usually happens). 4
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) July 19, 2015
Man U current position: David De Gea will not be allowed to go if Ramos is not allowed to (De Gea wants to go and has agreement w RM). 6
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) July 19, 2015
