Bale world transfer fee reason behind Ronaldo's obsession

The extent of Cristiano Ronaldo’s obsession about the £85
million transfer fee Real Madrid paid to sign Gareth Bale has
been revealed.

Over the past year, speculation over the relationship
between Ronaldo and Bale has intensified, with the Portugal
international refusing on some occasions to celebrate when
his team-mate scores a goal.

And in an interview with BBC 5Live , Sunday Times football
correspondent Jonathan Northcroft claims that Madrid are
keen to keep Ronaldo sweet by telling journalists not to
mention Bale’s transfer fee in any high-profile interviews
with the player.

"Real Madrid are a club so worried about image that when I
interviewed Bale it was requested to me, ‘don’t put in the
transfer fee, don't put in the article how much Gareth Bale
cost’,” said Northcroft.

"The reason for that is because it was a world-record
transfer fee but Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't like to see that
someone else cost more than him.”

Asked if he mentioned the transfer fee in his published
article, Northcroft replied: “No.”