Boss with head for heights seeks Real cash
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish businessman climbed up a crane at Real Madrid's training ground on Friday to demand the club pay the 110,000 euros ($153,000) he claims they owe him.
Wearing a luminous yellow jacket, Carlos Mateo unfurled a banner reading: "Real Madrid owes me 110,020.50 euros. Pay up!"
A spokesman for Madrid police said Mateo was persuaded to come down after around three hours.
In a statement on their website (www.realmadrid.com), Real said they had no contractual relationship with Mateo and the money was owed to him by a building firm that had been in bankruptcy proceedings since last week.
"Nonetheless, Real Madrid has agreed to mediate as far as it can between the two parties," the club added.
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