Docherty: United should jump at €94m

TOMMY DOCHERTY believes Manchester United should ‘cut Real Madrid’s hands off’ after the club confirmed they had accepted a world-record €94m offer for Cristiano Ronaldo.

The deal is expected to go through by June 30 and Docherty believes the transfer will benefit United both financially and in terms of off-field disruption.

Docherty, who managed United for five years in the 1970s maintained: “I think it’s fantastic business. It was £40m, it was £50m, it was 60, now it’s 80 and I think they should cut their hands off and run and don’t even consider about it at all.”