Manchester United are reportedly willing to offer Cristiano
Ronaldo a new deal at the club, which will see him earn £200,000 a
week.
The News of the World claims that the Premier League
champions are willing to offer Ronaldo a £10.4million-a-year
contract in order to retain his services and prevent him from
joining Real Madrid.
The Portuguese international has repeatedly been linked with a move
to the Bernabeu however he remains at Old Trafford and manager Sir
Alex Ferguson has always strongly denied he will sell the
player.
The tabloid quotes a ‘source’ close to Ronaldo as suggesting he
will be happy to stay, explaining, “Cristiano wants to clear his
head of the Real Madrid move once and for all. When he agreed to
stay at United last summer he thought it would be just for one more
year.
“But now he seems to be setting his mind on the long term because
he realises he can fulfil all his ambitions at Old Trafford.”
Ronaldo’s current contract at the club still has three years left
to run yet under Fifa rules he could buy himself out of his
contract at the end of next season
However, the proposed new deal will reportedly keep him at the club
until 2014 and also ensure that the Ballon d’Or winner is the
highest paid player in the Premier League by some distance.
The new contract would reportedly pay Ronaldo wages of £160,000 a
week plus £40,000 for image rights and commercial activities, more
than enough to keep him in Ferraris for the foreseeable future.