Spainish Spanish MPs have complained that the record transfer fee that Real Madrid football club is paying for the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. A left-wing party urged the government to limit footballers' salaries and make their set list Real settle its debts to the state before buying new players. Danny Wood reports from Madrid.

The majority of Spainish Spanish parliamentarians don't approve of multi-million-dollar deals for star footballers like Cristiano RonaldoRonald. The parliamentary debate concerned a proposition from Catalan left-wing parties to limit the amount football clubs can pay for players. Parliamentarians expressed disfavourite disfavour of Real Madrid Madrid's record multi-million-dollar player payments , but were not prepared to support legislation to limit those large sums. A government spokesperson argued that legal, private business transactions are not its responsibility.

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settle 解决
disfavour 讨厌，不喜欢

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