I don’t need Messi, I have Ronaldo – Ancelotti

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti claims he will turn
the down chance to sign Barcelona forward Lionel
Messi because he already has Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo has received widespread acclaim for his
performances this season, including a stunning hat-
trick for his country in the second leg of their World
Cup play-off with Sweden, which sealed their place
at Brazil 2014.
The 28-year-old has also excelled at club level too
and is a firm favourite to lift the Ballon d'Or in
January, and Ancelotti says he will strengthen in
other positions of his side rather than bring in the
Argentine to the Bernabeu.
"If I could sign one player for Real Madrid, it wouldn't
be Messi, I'd rather reinforce another position," he
told Italian broadcaster Radio Capital.
"We have Cristiano, who needs Messi? God gave
him (Ronaldo) a special gift."
However, Ancelotti did joke that the capital outfit
might be interested in bringing Messi to the club
should Barca decide to sell the Argentine.
He added, "If Barca sell Messi, they should call us."
Meanwhile, Spain's competition commission has
fined broadcaster Mediapro, Real Madrid, Barcelona,
Sevilla and Racing Santander a total of £12.4m for
breaking rules regulating the sale of television rights,
Reuters reports.
Mediapro was fined €6.5m (£5.3m), Real €3.9m
(£3.2m), Barca €3.6m (£2.9m) and Sevilla and
Santander €900,000 (£744,000) and €30,000
(£25,000) respectively, the commission said on
Monday.
The fines were levied because the broadcaster and
the four clubs had agreed four-year contracts for TV
rights, a year longer than the three years allowed.
Mediapro said it and the clubs had acted "in good
faith" and the contracts complied with Spanish law.
The broadcaster will appeal the ruling while taking
steps to ensure it does not have to pay the fines
while a decision is pending.
Mediapro and Canal Plus, part of the Prisa media
group, share the rights to broadcast La Liga matches
in Spain.
Unlike in other major European leagues, the sale of
TV rights is not subject to collective bargaining and
clubs agree deals individually with broadcasters.
Real and Barca, the world's two richest clubs by
income, between them take about half the total TV
revenue for La Liga of around €700m (£579m).
Koscielny banned
Defender Laurent Koscielny will be able to feature
from the start of France's World Cup campaign after
being given just a one-match suspension for his red
card in the play-off against Ukraine.
A FIFA spokesman told AFP that Koscielny had been
given the ban, which was served in the second leg of
the play-off, which France won 3-2 on aggregate.
Koscielny was red-carded for violent conduct at the
end of Les Bleus' 2-0 defeat to Ukraine in Kiev and
there had been fears that he would be given a
lengthy suspension that might have prevented him
from going to Brazil.
However, he now seems certain to be included in
Didier Deschamps' squad for the finals.