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Real Madrid have prepared an improved contract offer to Cristiano Ronaldo in an effort to keep the world's best footballer in the Spanish capital.

The European champions' attempt to resolve their long standing dispute with the Portugal international follows the receipt of a €100million transfer proposal from Juventus.

Ronaldo - scorer of 451 goals across his nine seasons at Real Madrid and winner of four of the last five Ballons d'Or - wants to be paid at a level commensurate with his achievements.

The 33-year-old's salary has fallen significantly behind the sums guaranteed to Lionel Messi and Neymar on concluding new deals at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain in 2017.

Florentino Perez's failure to honour a promise to improve the forward's terms made before the end of the 2016-17 season, coupled with the Madrid president's public attempt to bring Neymar back to La Liga from PSG further aggravated the situation.

Perez's eventual mid-season offer of a new deal, heavily dependent on performance-related payments, was considered an insult by an individual fundamental to the club's sporting and commercial success.

The impasse between the two sides led Ronaldo's representatives to consider the possibility of exiting Madrid for long standing suitors such as PSG or former club, Manchester United .

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With Ronaldo's 2016 renewal including a prohibitive €1billion release clause, Madrid were asked to set an asking price at a realistic €100m level should they continue to refuse to meet the player's financial targets.

Beaten Champions League finalists in two of the last four season, Juve have indicated their willingness to match Ronaldo's terms while offering a €100m transfer fee to Madrid.

The Italians want Ronaldo to spearhead an aggressive summer overhaul designed to bring Europe's premier club trophy back to the Turin club for the first time since 1996.

Massimiliano Allegri rejected approaches from Arsenal, Chelsea and Madrid to remain at Juventus for a fifth consecutive campaign on condition his squad was improved with the Champions League in mind.

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Juve's coach has pushed his board to take advantage of an opportunity to sign the competition's all-time leading scorer.

In addition to Madrid's belated move to improve their own financial offer to Ronaldo, Perez has this week sanctioned the release of two “official announcements” on the club's transfer dealings in the space of three days.

The first, on Monday, denied that the club had made an “offer to PSG and their player Neymar”. The second, today, condemned the publication of information on an “alleged agreement between Real Madrid C.F. and PSG for the player Kylian Mbappe”.

Madrid's decision to publicly discredit reports of negotiations with a pair of players previously offered contracts to move to the Santiago Bernabeu is an unusual one from a club well known for its use of print and broadcast media to float stories of Perez's recruitment plans.