Man Utd handing Ronaldo £44M mega
deal
Manchester United are ready to make Cristiano Ronaldo the
best paid player in the Premiership - in a deal worth a staggering
44 MILLION The News of the World says the Portuguese star, 22, will
be presented with a deal worth 140,000 a week that would tie him to
Old Trafford until 2014. That would see him leapfrog Chelsea
skipper John Terry, who has a contract worth £130,000 a week.
Ronaldo, who has scored 27 goals already this season, would earn an
incredible £7million a year with his new deal. And that would send
Ronaldo soaring to the top of the Old Trafford pay stakes ahead of
Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has only
just been given the go-ahead by the Glazer family to break United's
wage structure but Old Trafford sources are confident Ronaldo will
put pen to paper in the summer. The winger only signed a five-year
deal last season which takes him through to 2012 but Ferguson is
keen to reward him for his scintillating form and stunning strike
rate that have taken him within reach of George Best's record for a
winger of 33 goals in a season.
And United also want to 'ring fence' the player to
keep him out of reach of Real Madrid.
