Cristiano set to be Prem's biggest earner
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RONALDO'S THE MAN
Cristiano set to be Prem's biggest earner
CASHING IN - Cristiano RonaldoMANCHESTER UNITED are ready to make Cristiano Ronaldo the highest-paid player in Premier League history to stop him joining Real Madrid.
The Portuguese winger still has over three years left on his current £120,000-a-week deal. However, a FIFA ruling means he can buy himself out of his contract at the end of next season. So United are ready to offer him a staggering £150,000-a-week deal next summer to keep him out of the Spanish champions’ clutches.
Old Trafford boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: “Next summer will be a key element of his contract situation — he will have three years left then. “Nobody (at Manchester United) has ever bought himself out of his contract. I don’t think it will be an issue.”
FIFA’s Article 17 states a player can buy himself out of his contract by paying up his wages once he has served three years of his deal. This would allow Ronaldo to pay a £12m compensation fee and then hot- foot it to the Bernabeu.
But United chief executive David Gill plans to open talks with Ronaldo, 23, at the end of this season over a deal worth nearly £150,000 a week. And in a pop at Real president Ramon Calderon, Fergie added: “There is no question of Ronaldo leaving.
“Calderon promised everyone they would get the lad in the summer. There was a complete arrogance about it. So I was delighted Ronaldo stayed. “We are ready for more shots. We have enough ammunition ready.”
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why so much? altho i'm a Red Devil fan, i don't believe anyone is talented enough to demand a 150k pound/week pay. even King Cantona doesnt commands such amount.
haiz ronaldo, why?
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We'll have to increase his wage every 3 years then. But I thought his current contract has an anti-Webster rule?
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I think he'll leave once Fergie steps down. Which is 2010.
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he should go olympic
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Well, if Kaka is paid $145,000 at Milan and Lampard at around $140k to $150k per week... Ronaldo deserve it... He is the youngest among them somemore... So got more year to play still... And can sell for big money too.
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I think there should be a modification to that dumb rule, or at least make it applicable to players who want to leave because it is harming their career or something
It'll make poaching players so much harder