Cristiano Ronaldo, despite the contract with Real Madrid, operating until 2021, may leave the team ahead of schedule. Last week, the president of the Madrid club decided, despite the protest of Ronaldo, to sell the Portuguese striker to the Chinese, reports Western tabloids.
Profitable transfer
At the end of December, sports media reported that the owner of the "Golden Ball" in the last year, playing for "Real" since 2009, 31-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo can move to permanent residence in China, becoming a player of one of the clubs in the Middle Kingdom. Later this news was confirmed by the forward agent. By the way, in total, for the best football club of the XX century (according to FIFA) Ronaldo spent 370 matches.
The bosses of "Real" offered 300 million euros compensation for one of the most effective players of our time, and Cristiano himself was promised a salary of 100 million euros per year.Money is not everything!
Ronaldo, who earns 427 thousand euros in Spain, refused an unusually generous offer, patriotically declaring that his loyalty to his beloved "Real" can not be bought with money.
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Attempt number two
The Chinese are not accustomed to rejections, therefore, discarding excess modesty, bypassing the intractable Cristiano, directly appealed to the 69-year-old Florentino Perez, the head of Real Madrid.
A famous businessman in the past, the politician, having rejected superfluous sentimentality, agreed to a transfer that will bring the team a serious income and will rejuvenate Ronaldo himself. According to rumors, which have not yet received any confirmation or denial, the transfer of the player will take place before the start of the 2018/19 season.