Manchester United and Portugal star Ronaldo said
anyone with information about the three-year-old's
disappearance should come forward.
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"I was very
upset to hear of the abduction of Madeleine
McCann," he told MUTV, the TV channel of
Manchester United.
"I appeal to
anyone with information to come forward.
"Please come
forward."
Chelsea
captain Terry, flanked by his Portuguese
team-mate Paulo Ferreira, said Madeleine's
family were going through a terrifying ordeal.
"We were
devastated to hear that young Maddie was
abducted," he said.
"Our thoughts
and feelings go out to her parents, her family
and we are urging anyone out there with any
information at all, please, please, please come
forward.
"It's
terrifying thing for her family to go through.
She's only young so please, please, please come
forward."
Portuguese
police say they have interviewed more 100
people, 500 apartments have been searched and
350 pieces of information are being looked at.
But a press
conference descended into chaos as the man
leading the inquiry accused the media of
hampering the investigation.
Chief
inspector Oligeario Sousa rounded on reporters
as they asked for more information.
Portuguese law
prevents police from releasing information about
the case while they search for a suspect.
Mr Sousa said
earlier reports that a man had been spotted with
a child matching Madeleine's description in
Nelas, in the north of the country, were false.
Local
detectives have been criticised over the
handling of the case since the three-year-old
went missing from a holiday complex in Portugal
last Thursday.
A senior child
protection expert earliertold Sky News that
British police must be drafted in urgently to
help investigate the abduction.
Two child
abduction experts have arrived in Portugal from
the UK to help in the inquiry, Sky News crime
correspondent Martin Brunt said.
British
detectives are reported to be probing British
paedophiles with links to the Algarve.
Former
detective Mark Williams-Thomas, now a leading
child protection expert, said the British police
are among the world leaders in this kind of
inquiry.
"The British
police have gained a real insight and expertise
into this kind of crime. They would handle it
differently, " he said.
"Any inquiry
should focus on three elements: access,
opportunity and motive. It's about establishing
how rather than why.
"A
house-to-house search is the first thing to do,
then a media appeal asking for information and
sightings, giving a description and timeline."
Away from the
centre of the resort, half-built or derelict
buildings lie dotted around scrubland where
sniffer dog teams have concentrated their
searches.
"The fact that
teams are now searching these areas for a second
time suggests the police either have direct
intelligence or it's to deflect criticism should
anything turn up at a later stage."
Anyone
with information can call Crimestoppers on 0800
555 111. If you are calling from Portugal call
+44 800555 111.
