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"Real Madrid" will likely enter into a battle with "Bayern Munich" to obtain the rights to see their new neighbor and Dutch national team forward Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Recently elected president of the "Real" team and promising a lot of changes within the club, Ramon Calderon believes that the new club coach Fabio Capello would want to see the 30-year-old forward in his squad.
"It seems like Fabio likes Nistelrooy. He could form a duo with Ronaldo," R. Calderon told the club's website.
Meanwhile, Karl-Heinze Rummenigge, president of the German champions "Bayern" club, stated that they are prepared to negotiate with "Man Utd": "The player wants to move to us and we know that."
R. van Nistelrooy's future at "Old Trafford" has not been clear since his altercation with team coach Sir Alex Ferguson over not being included in the starting lineup for the last match of the season against "Charlton." The Dutchman left the stadium three hours before the match started.
The 30-year-old forward was upset that he couldn't play in the final match and was also frustrated that he spent a large part of the second half of the season on the bench, leading to speculation that he would leave the "Red Devils".
Despite this, R. van Nistelrooy became the top scorer for "Man Utd" last season with 21 goals, ranking second in the list of top scorers in the Premier League behind Arsenal's French leader Thierry Henry, who scored 27 times.
"Now we will do everything calmly," Bayern manager Rummenigge said in an interview with the newspaper. "We need to talk to the player and also with 'Man Utd,' but there is no need to rush."
During the summer, "Bayern" acquired Lukas Podolski from the "Koln" team, who scored three goals while representing the German national team at this year's World Cup and was named the best young player of the tournament. In addition, Daniel van Buyten will defend the honor of the German champions in the next season, and they are also preparing to acquire another player with a famous name.
However, "Bayern" will have to fight with Real Madrid, whose president has promised to acquire six or seven new players this summer. Since Arsenal's midfielder Cesc Fabregas, a 19-year-old Spanish talent, rejected such talks, R. Calderon is aiming for R. van Nistelrooy, Chelsea's defender Arjen Robben, AC Milan and Brazilian national team midfielder Kaka, a Portuguese player, as well as Manchester United's player C. Ronaldo.
