After months of speculation, ungainly answers and avoiding questions, Manchester United have accepted an £80(94 million €) million offer from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
As the official website of Manchester United has announced, the English champions accepted the world record 94 million € offer from Real Madrid, for Portuguese star.
Following assurances from the Old Trafford club to the decision was mostly contributed by Ronaldo himself, after he repeatedly expressed a desire to continue a football career in Madrid.Manchester United expects the trade to be made by the end of the month and says they'll make no more comment.
FIFAs World Footballer of the Year 2008 transfer to Real Madrid is the record one in all aspects, since it is beating the previous record, also set by Real Madrid who paid 73 million€ in 2001 for Zinedine Zidane transfer from Juventus to Real by a 22 million €.
The Spanish newspaper La Rezon has also published details of six year contract, according which Cristiano Ronaldo will yearly receive 9.5m Euros a year - after tax, which is s8m, or s155k a week, and 40% of his image rights.
It is the first time for several years Man United would have allowed a player to leave they weren't happy about losing.
