Vote: Should Manchester Utd give Cristiano Ronaldo a pay increase for loyalty?
C-Ron after £170k a week after showing dog-like allegiance to club
According to The Daily Mirror, Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes is in the process of negotiating the Portuguese an additional £50,000 on his weekly £120,000 pay packet, which would make him the best paid player in the Premiership (Robinho only gets a measly £160,000 a week).
Ronaldo is just 18 months into a contract that is supposed to keep him at Old Trafford until 2012, but Mendes insists the star needs further remuneration as a reward for his “loyalty”. Put differently, Ronaldo should be rewarded for the fact that Manchester Utd strongly resisted the Real Madrid advances, and that Los Blancos are now no longer interested in him. A little convoluted, non?
The new deal – which appears far more like a golden-handcuffed deterrent than a reward – would need to be confirmed by 2010, when the Portuguese man-o’-sex can snake off to another club using the Webster ruling.
So, should Fergie and co reward the tricky winger for actively attempting to leave sticking with the Red Devils, or should they spend the extra £50,000 a week (£2.6m a year!) on someone who might actually show some devotion to his club? Votes and comments below, por favor…
4 responses so far
Delmorpha // November 11, 2008 at 3:23 pm
£50k a week is a lot of high-class transvestite prostitutes, likely to tire poor Ronaldo out… the only solution is a pay cut then maybe he can oust some of that pent up homoerotic aggression on the pitch rather than in glitzy London hotel rooms…
Fatai A. // November 11, 2008 at 5:03 pm
No way, they should not increase his pay, well yea he stayed @ d club, but he hasnt been really doing much so far and d onli kinda player that deserves increase is one that can quarantee the team goals when they need it the most.. and although ronaldo’s been awesome sometimes, he needs to use himself in much more important situations, for example against arsenal, loss 2-1, he had a chance to be an hero, but was no where 2 be found.
jerome // November 12, 2008 at 7:23 am
I think quite a lot of interference with Ronaldo’s time at Old Trafford is caused by his agent. These guys have no interest in football just a percentage of the big wages and transfer fee’s. Perhaps its time for media attention on these guys and what they are worth. No pay increase for either .
xena // November 16, 2008 at 11:51 am
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