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Most likely BS, but this is hilarious nonetheless.
I don't think it's BS. If you read this it'll give you some insight:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-florentino-perez-never-wanted-at-real-madrid
Real Madrid began their hunt for Ronaldo during Ramon Calderon's tenure as president. Calderon and Ronaldo agreed that the player would move to Real Madrid in 2008. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson convinced him to stay in England for another year. Calderon left office in January 2009, a month after the deal was inked but before it had been officially announced. Perez returned for his second coming as president in June 2009, yet he balked at signing Ronaldo, even though there was a £30 million penalty clause in the contract in case any party withdrew from the deal.
"The problem was that when Florentino came, he said, 'This is not a player for Real Madrid,'" says Calderon. He didn't like to receive inheritances that he couldn't be proud of in the future. He thought, 'This player is not mine. I'm not going to take advantage of this.' He said, 'I think I can have two or three players for the same money. I don't see Cristiano Ronaldo playing at Real Madrid.'"The player knew that. He got very angry. His agent, Jorge Mendes, said, 'OK, we're going to leave. We are not going to claim the penalty clause.'"
Fortunately for Real Madrid, their general manager at the time, Jorge Valdano, convinced the president not to make a rash move on Ronaldo. Calderon says that Valdano told Perez to calm down and not let his pride get in the way of signing the best player in the world. Perez was suitably pacified, but those events are why Ronaldo was unhappy during his first two or three years at Real Madrid.
Bale is Perez's player, he is his own personal little Ronaldo He wants Bale to become the star, to overshadow Ronaldo etc. If it wasn't for all the crap that he would receive if he was to sold Ronaldo, Perez would sell Ronaldo and build a team around Bale.