FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Celta Vigo - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - March 16, 2019 Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos reacts REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos asked to leave to join a team in China on a free transfer, club president Florentino Perez has said, adding that he turned down the defender's request.
"They (Ramos and his agent) came to see me in my office and told me they had a very good offer from China but the league rules over there wouldn't permit them to pay the transfer fee," Perez told radio station Onda Cero on Monday.
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