Twain had just stepped foot in Nottingham when Real Madrid's second offer came.
Sixty-five million euros!
Real Madrid was only willing to offer a maximum of 75 million euros for Cristiano Ronaldo. At first, there were media outlets in Nottingham that ridiculed Real Madrid as using Ribéry to substitute for Ronaldo. Since they were so disrespectful to the Forest team's player, Ribéry was not expected to receive good treatment when he went there. Now Real Madrid had shown that they were not looking for Cristiano Ronaldo's replacement, but another star player of the same class as Ronaldo.
If Twain nodded his assent, it would be a transfer with the highest monetary value he had made since he took office. But would he agree?
He would not.
