Keverus
08-12-2008, 04:18 PM
Manchester United prepare £40 million deal for Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United are reported to have opened talks for a new £40 million deal to keep Cristiano Ronaldo at the club for the next five years.
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The 23-year-old arrived at Old Trafford on Friday evening for a meeeting to discuss what, should a deal be done, would become the biggest deal in the club's history.
United have been trying to secure Ronaldo's future since the summer-long saga linking him to Real Madrid ended.
According to the Express, Ronaldo met with Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill. After two hours of discussions, Ferguson is said to have left in an "upbeat mood", giving Ronaldo and Gill the chance to talk alone.
Ronaldo is currently paid £120,000 a week but should a new deal be struck an extra £30,000 could be added to that, putting him on £8 million a year.
Despite pledging his future to United when Real talks subsided, it seems Ferguson is not happy to take any chances on Ronaldo's current contract which still has three years to run. The Scot is all too aware that Madrid are prepared to spend as much as £50 million on the winger and so ensuring another five years would end all chances of any similar speculation in the near future.
Source: Telegraph
Manchester United are reported to have opened talks for a new £40 million deal to keep Cristiano Ronaldo at the club for the next five years.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01175/ronaldo_ferguson_1175443c.jpg
The 23-year-old arrived at Old Trafford on Friday evening for a meeeting to discuss what, should a deal be done, would become the biggest deal in the club's history.
United have been trying to secure Ronaldo's future since the summer-long saga linking him to Real Madrid ended.
According to the Express, Ronaldo met with Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill. After two hours of discussions, Ferguson is said to have left in an "upbeat mood", giving Ronaldo and Gill the chance to talk alone.
Ronaldo is currently paid £120,000 a week but should a new deal be struck an extra £30,000 could be added to that, putting him on £8 million a year.
Despite pledging his future to United when Real talks subsided, it seems Ferguson is not happy to take any chances on Ronaldo's current contract which still has three years to run. The Scot is all too aware that Madrid are prepared to spend as much as £50 million on the winger and so ensuring another five years would end all chances of any similar speculation in the near future.
Source: Telegraph