Cristiano Ronaldo will join Real Madrid. Manchester United have accepted a world record bid of £80m (€93 m)for the Portuguese winger.
All that remains is for Ronaldo to agree personal terms with Real - his wages are expected to be in the region of £200,000 a week.
The deal with Manchester United brings to an end one of the longest transfer sagas in footballing history. Ronaldo, 23, who joined Manchester for £12.25m in 2003 from Sporting Lisbon when he was just 18, became the world's greatest player under the guidance of Sir Alex Ferguson. He scored117 goals in 290 games for United, and was crowned World and European player of the year.
Did you know it?
* Cristiano was transferred to Sporting Lisbonne at the age of 12... for 25.000€
* Laslo Boloni, the actual Belgian premierchip Standard coach, gave him his first chance in Sporting Lisbonne A team at the age of 17.
* his weekly salary at Manchester United: 195.000€
* his complete name: Dos Santos Aveiro Cristiano Ronaldo
* Hight: 1.84 M - Weight: 75 Kg.
What could you do with 93 million Euros?
* Buy 375 Ferrari
* buy 10 Falcon flights
* Pay 71 times the anual salary of the Belgian best player (Boussoufa - RSC Anderlecht)
* Transfert 11 players as Vincent Kompany (8,5 million € from Hambourg to Manchester City)
* Buy 372 Very nice houses in Europe
What would you do with a £200,000 weekly salary?... well food for thought.
Good dreams. - coach de Ridder
