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"The English superclub offered almost 38 million euros (about 130 million litas) to the Madrid team for the wonderkid Fernando Torres. The Spanish sports newspaper "AS" reports that "United" increased the offer to this amount after "Atletico" recently rejected a 30 million euro offer for the young Spanish national team striker. Into the new offer, "United" included their striker, Uruguayan Diego Forlan, who was valued at almost 10 million euros. "Atletico" sports director Tonis Munoz presented this offer to the board, but it is believed that it will be rejected. Meanwhile, there is a sad atmosphere within "Atletico" because the club's owner and president, 71-year-old Jesus Gil, is in very poor condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack on Sunday."
