Barcelona director of football Txiki Begiristain has denied his club has moved to sign Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo through the player´s agent.
Begiristain was photographed with Jorge Mendes, the 22-year-old´s representative, watching Portugal´s match with Brazil on Tuesday night. The pair were reported to have met beforehand in a London hotel, fuelling renewed rumours that the Catalan giants might be preparing a summer bid for Ronaldo.
But Begiristain told the Daily Mail: "It´s true that we met but I don´t want it to appear that Ronaldo was the only subject we talked about. Mendes is my friend and we speak often. Of course, it is logical that we are interested in Ronaldo, but I must stress we are a big club and we will work in the proper way."
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