Ronaldo signs six-year contract at Real Madrid and will be unveiled on July 6

27 June 2009 16:23
Real Madrid and Manchester United have finalised an agreement for the £80million transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Spanish club. United confirmed earlier this month they had accepted the world-record bid from the Primera Liga side. A statement on Madrid's website on Friday evening read: 'Real Madrid and Manchester United have signed a final agreement for the transfer of the rights of Cristiano Ronaldo from July 1. 'The player will be tied to Real Madrid for the next six seasons and will be presented on July 6 at the Santiago Bernabeu.' The Portugal superstar came close to joining Madrid last summer before Sir Alex Ferguson convinced him to stay at Old Trafford. But Ramon Calderon, who was president of Madrid at the time, claimed this month a 'gentleman's agreement' existed over the signing before he left the Spanish giants in January. Nevertheless, Ronaldo becomes the latest signing in Florentino Perez's Madrid revolution. Perez, who was responsible for bringing the likes of Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham and Luis Figo to the Bernabeu in his first stint as president, has already taken Brazil star Kaka from AC Milan and Spain international Raul Albiol from Valencia.

Source: Daily_Mail