New Delhi: Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a mind boggling five-year deal with Real Madrid — worth rupees two crore 90 lakh per week which is almost twice as much as Gareth Bale will be earning in Spain.
The new agreement eclips any hope of Manchester United persuading Ronaldo to return. There were rumours that an attempt would be made to persuade Ronaldo to return.
The contract makes it clear that Ronaldo remains the main man at the Bernabeu — despite Bale's world-record £86m move from Tottenham Hotspur.
Only last year the player talked of being ‘sad' at Madrid, and Bale's arrival, breaking Ronaldo's record transfer fee from United, was thought to have further damaged his ego.
Madrid president Florentino Perez and Ronaldo appeared at a press conference on Sunday to announce the record deal.
Ronaldo is now the highest paid footballer in the world — his contract is worth £850,000 more annually than Zlatan Ibrahimovic's deal with Paris Saint- Germain — and he said: ‘I'm really happy here. I just want to win trophies for this club.
‘I appreciate the fans like me a lot and I want to give my best on the pitch. Everyone knows I was in Manchester for six years but now my club is Real Madrid. This is my home, my family is here and I'm really happy here.
