Cristiano Ronaldo has been pictured meeting a Real Madrid 'official' earlier in the year adding fuel to Manchester United's claims that the player has been 'illegally tapped up.'

He's pictured with Real’s fitness coach Walter Di Salvo, who quit Old Trafford for Spain

Real boss Ramon Calderon is furious at Sir Alex Ferguson for linking Madrid with former Spanish dictator Franco.

The Real supremo said: “It seems grotesque to talk about Franco and the occupation of Portugal. It wasn’t a very fortunate thing to say.