Monaco Set to Make World Record £85m Bid For Cristiano Ronaldo: Nightly Soccer Report

Expect the majority of headlines and Sky Sports News tomorrow to report on the news that Monaco are set to make a world record £85million bid to try to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. The explosive story is in tonight’s edition of The Independent newspaper.

According to the article by Jack Pitt-Brooke:

“The Ligue 1 club, funded by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, have already spent over £110m this summer on Radamel Falcao of Atletico Madrid and James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinho of Porto. They are now prepared to make their boldest move yet, taking advantage of the Portuguese forward’s frustration at Madrid, and failure to sign a new deal, to tempt him to join with a world record salary offer of €20m (£17m) per year.

“Monaco are closely monitoring Ronaldo’s negotiations with Real Madrid over a contract extension, and if no deal is done by late July or August they will make their move. There have been talks between Monaco and Ronaldo’s camp over the last 18 months and the two parties met earlier this year.”

In addition to the Ronaldo transfer rumor, there are a ton of major stories breaking tonight. Browse through the list below to cherry pick the best ones.

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

La Liga

• Monaco set to make world record £85m bid for Cristiano Ronaldo — The Independent
• Athletic Bilbao are likely to go with a candidate who has experience in La Liga — Sky Sports
• Real Madrid president defends Jose Mourinho against Xavi and Andres Iniesta — Dirty Tackle

Premier League

• Manchester City poised to confirm Manuel Pellegrini within 24 hours — The Telegraph
• Spurs’ Andre Villas-Boas set to be offered £40million to boss Paris Saint-Germain — The Mirror
• Norwich have agreed a £4.7million fee with PSV Eindhoven for Sweden striker Ola Toivonen — The Mail
• Michael Laudrup and Huw Jenkins talk ends in stalemate for Swansea — The Mail
• Everton aim to sign Antolin Alcaraz within days to start Martinez’s revolution — The Mirror
• Everton to rent training ground after Liverpool City Council buy Finch Farm for £13m — Independent
• Luis Suarez insists that he needs to leave Anfield — Sky Sports
• Galatasaray abandon Nani chase as Manchester United reject bid — The Mirror
• Vincent Kompany decision stuns doctor — Manchester Evening News
• Liverpool’s Luis Suárez blames British media for his problems — The Guardian
• Goalkeeper Mark Oxley has signed a new two-year deal with newly promoted Hull City — Sky Sports
• Newcastle United eye Aston Villa’s Darren Bent for £6million — The Mail
• With Xbox One deal, Twitch becomes SportCenter for video game MVPs — Fast Company
• Paul McShane on verge new Hull City deal a year after nearly retiring — The Mail
• FOX Soccer tops all U.S. cable networks in distribution growth for ’13 to date — SBJ
• West Ham target Massimo Ambrosini — The Daily Mail

International soccer

• England U21s 0-1 Israel U21s: New low for Pearce’s young Lions as they end Euros pointless — The Mirror
• Stuart Pearce rounds on players as Israel inflict final insult at Euro Championships — Independent
• VIDEO: Peter Taylor criticises England absentees — BBC Sport
• Spain’s Del Bosque dismisses reports of player discord ahead of Ireland match – video — The Guardian
• Mido has announced his retirement from football at the age of 30 — BBC Sport
• Javier Mascherano sent off for kicking driver of medical buggy — The Guardian
• Haiti score twice in final 10 minutes to earn proud draw against Italy — Dirty Tackle
• Socceroos coach Holger Osieck: ‘women should shut up in public’ – video — The Guardian

Russian Premier League

• Guus Hiddink has signed a 1-year extension to remain as coach of FC Anji Makhachkala — UEFA

Championship

• Joey Barton may be heading back to QPR due to Marseille wages impasse — The Guardian

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