Manchester United face an almighty battle to land
Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Premier League champions hope to sign the
world superstar for £65million — and complete the biggest transfer in British
football history.
United want to unveil Ronaldo on August 8 and
then play him in Rio Ferdinand’s testimonial against Sevilla the day after.
But Ronaldo himself last night delivered Old
Trafford chiefs a blow, insisting he has still not ruled out a new deal with
Real Madrid.
He said: “I’m calm. I’m not worried about it, I
know we are going to reach an agreement to sign a new deal and for that if I am
honest, I’m not preoccupied about it.”
Ronaldo’s representatives have reportedly
demanded around £35m a year gross wages PLUS all his image rights.
As it stands Madrid are offering around £30m a
year and the same 60-40 per cent split on his image rights worth in excess of
£20m a year.
United’s plan is to pay Ronaldo, 28, a basic
salary in excess of £300,000 a week to make him the highest-paid player in
English football.
It is understood ‘informal’ meetings between
third parties have been going on for over a year
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