Manchester United have released the following statement regarding Cristiano Ronaldo:
Manchester United is delighted to announce that it has completed the transfer of the registration of Christiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro from Sporting Lisbon for a total consideration, including associated costs, of €17.35m (£12.24m). The fee is payable over two years, and the player has signed a five-year contract with the club.
Christiano Ronaldo said: “I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world, and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join Manchester United. I look forward to helping the team achieve even more success in the years to come.”
Sir Alex Ferguson, said: “We have been negotiating for Christiano for quite some time, but the interest in him from other clubs accelerated in the last few weeks so we had to move quickly to get him. It was only through our association with Sporting that they honoured our agreement of months ago.
"He is an extremely talented footballer, a two-footed attacker who can play anywhere up front: right, left or through the middle. After we played Sporting last week the lads in the dressing room talked about him constantly, and on the plane back from the game they urged me to sign him – that’s how highly they rated him. He is one of the most exciting young players I’ve ever seen.”
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