Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed to take a pay cut in order to make his return to Manchester United from Juventus.
Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes set the Ballon d’Or superstar’s wage demands at £20million a year, equating to £385,000 a week, in order to secure a rapid departure from Turin before Tuesday’s transfer deadline. The 36-year-old striker was on £500,000 a week in Italy.
Though Ronaldo becomes United’s highest-paid player ahead of David de Gea, a source involved in the transfer said: ‘He is on less than he was at Juventus.