Cristiano Ronaldo has finally completes his £80 million world record transfer to Real Madrid, signing a six-year contract and will be in effect from July 1st onwards.
Statements from Real Madrid:
“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,”
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.