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Transfers - Ronaldo signs six year deal

Eurosport - Sun, 28 Jun 12:44:00 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his £80 million world record transfer to Real Madrid, signing a six-year contract.

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"Real Madrid and Manchester United have signed the final agreement for the transfer of the rights of the player Cristiano Ronaldo effective July 1," the Spanish club said.

"The player will remain at Real Madrid for the next six seasons and will be presented on July 6 at the Bernabeu stadium," a statement read.

Portugal international Ronaldo, the World Footballer of the Year, becomes the third confirmed signing under new Real president Florentino Perez, who has returned to the club pledging to create a "spectacular sporting project".

Perez spent around 67 million euros on AC Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka and has also brought in Spain defender Raul Albiol from Valencia for a reported fee of 15 million euros.

Real and Ronaldo's representatives had been negotiating personal terms since United announced this month they had accepted the Madrid club's offer.

There were no details of the agreement in the Real statement. Spanish media have reported that Ronaldo will earn around 13 million euros per season.

Reuters

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  1. God will shame all you prophets of doom on ronaldo.he­ has a right to say he wants to play for any team he­ likes. why are you not wishing him well.now you idiots­ will tell us that you worship God when you want evil to­ befall your neighbour. Ronaldo i wish you well.

    From realsoccer4life02, on Sat 27 Jun 11:04AM

  2. It does not affect Manutd, Fergusion is a great man, he­ will get better player, with the resources on grand. UP­ Man utd

    From arowolo, on Sat 27 Jun 10:50AM

  3. from chelsea supporter, man u are a great club and have­ got trophies to show because of ronaldo but let him go­ as he has made a big mistake, MONEY, and he wasnt the­ most loyal player as he wanted to go last year,man u­ got great money for him and alex will get better­ signings for a lot less.

    From derekallaway, on Sat 27 Jun 10:32AM

  4. well, at least the confederation cup has thought us you­ do not need millions of bucks to win.....well,we live­ to see

    From victorcud, on Sat 27 Jun 10:23AM

  5. hmmmmmm

    From victorcud, on Sat 27 Jun 10:22AM

  6. Will people please stop putting posts up that start­ "All you Utd fans"(or all you Liverpool fans­ for that matter) All fans of a team donot think exactly­ the same.There is one on here that says all Utd fans­ loved him and now all Utd fans hate him, utter rubbish.­ I for one thought he was a great player, but I never­ really liked him.Now he has gone i still think he is a­ great player but I am no longer interested in what he­ does as he no longer plays for Utd.

    From Chill, on Sat 27 Jun 10:12AM

  7. So then Ronaldo, thanks for 6 years of hard graft.­ However, if you no longer want to play for the biggest­ club in the world . . . . . bye bye, we will get people­ who do!

    From OldRedDevil1962, on Sat 27 Jun 10:04AM

  8. bye then!

    From justme, on Sat 27 Jun 9:59AM

  9. 8o mill heading our way...cheers ronaldo...hope the­ real career goes as you wish it to....glory glory man­ united!

    From stuartxland, on Sat 27 Jun 9:55AM

  10. Real Madrid is akin to an upmarket holiday camp paid­ for by the Spanish taxpayer.

    From Perry Neeham, on Sat 27 Jun 9:37AM

  11. JJRED20. I SUPPOSE YOU ARE ONE OF THESE MASSIVE UTD­ FANS .

    From TEVEZ, on Sat 27 Jun 9:36AM

  12. utd have recieved £ 80mil for ronaldo, made a profit of­ approx £68 mil, not taking in consideration his­ salarie,s and bonuses whilst at utd, real have bought­ him not just for his ability but also his image and­ marketing rights, they will probably make somewere in­ the region of £400 mil off this player then pass him­ on, like they did with beckham, THATS WHY THEY ARE THE­ BIGGEST CLUB IN THE ..........WORLD.

    From TEVEZ, on Sat 27 Jun 9:31AM

  13. ronaldo will be frustrated at real madrid. not enough­ players there willing to run themselves into the ground­ in support for him. players like park, fletcher and­ especially rooney. Reals midfield is very attacking,­ not many people back track for them, and defense is one­ of thier key concerns.

    From a_prasad2501, on Sat 27 Jun 9:29AM

  14. Doo booby do be do be do be doo Money, is the root of­ all evil to-woo-day, Doo booby do be do be do be doo

    From Colonel K, on Sat 27 Jun 9:22AM

  15. ramsey - wasn't that a song man utd fans made for­ steven gerrard etc?
    I hope ronaldo slips on some hair­ gel and breaks his neck.
    I only supported him out of­ loyalty for man utd - now he is gone, I hope the @#$%­ gets the c*ap taken out of him by puyol....

    From Joseph, on Sat 27 Jun 9:21AM

  16. badger but to buy hes contract out it will cost a club­ 170 million

    From Paul T, on Sat 27 Jun 9:04AM
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    I MUST ADMIT ,I HAVE NEVER KNOWN ANYONE THAT COULD WIND­ UP BOTH LIVERPOOL AND UNITED FANS
    FIRST LIVERPOOL FANS­ HATE HIM AND UNITED FANS LOVED HIM
    NOW UNITED FANS HATE­ HIM AND LIVERPOOL FANS LOVE HIM
    WIERD, LET ME TELL ALL­ THE UNITED FANS THAT SOOO MUCH WANTED HIM TO FAIL AT­ MADRID
    IVE WANTED HIM TO FAIL FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS AND­ NOT A SNIFF.
    NO BROKEN LEG NO SERIOUS ILLNESS,NADA
    SO­ GOOD LUCK BUT I DONT THINK HE IS GOING TO JUST FADE­ AWAY

    From darren m, on Sat 27 Jun 9:01AM

  18. STEVEN W Prat

    From Rennyp, on Sat 27 Jun 8:59AM

  19. man utd joke team

    From STEVEN W, on Sat 27 Jun 8:51AM

  20. Money is a driving force, but too many things can­ change in 6 years.

    Ronaldo could lose his touch like­ Ronaldinho.

    There could be a lot less money in the­ game. ESPN might get financial issues.

    From Steve G, on Sat 27 Jun 8:51AM
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