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Published 14:32 17 Aug 2015 BST
Updated 14:49 17 Aug 2015 BST
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The Spaniard had been heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford this summer, but all that talk has been firmly put to bed after has he penned a new five-year contract with Real Madrid.
Manchester United had a £28.6m bid for the 29-year-old defender rejected in June, just as his contract negotiations at the Bernabeu had stalled. However, despite it appearing as though everything worked out swimmingly for the Madrid captain, he claims that money was never an issue when he was working out the terms of his presumably lucrative new deal. https://twitter.com/SocialRMadrid/status/633248495323992064 https://twitter.com/SocialRMadrid/status/633248669295353856 https://twitter.com/SocialRMadrid/status/633248899164192768 https://twitter.com/SocialRMadrid/status/633247555481157632 https://twitter.com/SocialRMadrid/status/633247340133003264 Methinks the defender doth protest too much. https://twitter.com/BreatheSport/status/633273138994880513Football

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