Sergio Ramos has another two years contract with Real Madrid. However, according to President Florentino Pérez, he does not want to fulfill this. Instead, the captain wants to leave the club in the summer.

Defense star Sergio Ramos of Spanish football champions Real Madrid wants to change to next season, according to President Florentino Pérez, to China. The captain of the club asked for the release for a free transfer, said Pérez in the Spanish radio station Onda Cero on Monday night.

"We met at my office and he told me that he has a very good offer from a Chinese team, but they do not want to pay for the transfer," Perez said, "it's impossible for Real to allow the captain to go for nothing."

Astronomically high exit clause

The contract of Ramos at Real is still running until June 30, 2021. In it, according to media reports, an exit clause of 800 million euros be written down.

The center-back has been playing for Real Madrid for 14 years. He had moved in the summer of 2005 for about 27 million euros from Sevilla to the capital. Among other things, he has won the premier-league championship four times, most recently three times in a row between 2016 and 2018, as well as four times the Primera División.

In the past season, the legend won but not a single title. In the Champions League, the defending champion failed sensationally in the first knockout round at Ajax Amsterdam . In the league, they finished only third place with 19 points behind champions FC Barcelona. The gap to achievement was greater than ever since the league was founded in 1929.

Betting Scandal

Meanwhile, a betting manipulation scandal shook Spanish football. As several media reported consistently, several players in the first and second league were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of match fixing on Tuesday in the context of a police raid.

According to media reports, a former Real Madrid player is said to be among those affected, who are also suspected of being the leader of a criminal organization. Other professionals and former players and the president of relegated SD Huesca, in the past season at number 19 in the Primera Division, have also been provisionally arrested.

The parties are therefore suspected to have profited by manipulated games in sports betting. They are accused of membership in a criminal organization, corruption and money laundering.

In addition, according to the media, the match between Real Valladolid and Valencia CF (0: 2) is under suspicion of manipulation. Valencia secured their participation in the Champions League by winning on the final day of the match, both goals resulting from grave defensive errors.