Cristiano Ronaldo claims he is being wooed by relatives of the super-rich owners of Man City.
The Portuguese striker has boasted that a family member of the club's Arab owners offered him a world record-breaking £350,000 a WEEK if he quit Real Madrid.
But he told a source that City would have to pay £150million to seal the deal - and £400,000 a week. And he described the extraordinary lengths he says the Al Nahyan family were taking to lure him back to the English Premier League.
He claims to have been contacted by a member of the family via email in the last few weeks.
He told a friend that he received an email a picture of a Bentley with 500,000 notes on the seat
And he also claims to have received a gold-plated invite to the UAE, where Man City owner Sheikh Mansour, a ruling member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, has a home. As well as a free stay in a luxury hotel, Ronaldo says he was promised a tour of the royal palace in Dubai.
Ronaldo, 26, a former world player of the year, quit Man Utd for his dream club Real Madrid in an £80million deal two years ago.
Despite scoring 53 goals last season, they failed to win the La Liga title and he has fallen out with manager Jose Mourinho.
Man City have always officially denied attempts to poach Ronaldo, who says he would also insist on having a clause in the contract that he would remain the highest paid player at Man City - so his wages would go up if they made a bigger signing.
But the friend addedronaldon is toting with the idea of enjoying a mega pay-day at City before moving to somewhere else.
The striker lives in Madrid with model girlfriend Irina Shayk, 25, but still has a home near Manchester which he rents out to City's Emmanuel Adebayor. If a move to Man City went ahead, Ronaldo would replace Carlos Tevez, who has expressed his willingness to leave Eastlands this summer.
The club finished third in the Premier League last month. City's highest-paid player is Yaya Toure, who makes £220,000 a week and the league's best-paid player is Man United's Wayne Rooney, on £250,000 a week.
Last night City insisted that no approach or offer had been made with their knowledge or authority.
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