Cristiano Ronaldo's Random Silliness Leads to him Insulting Barcelona
Football has for a long time now been quite a business. Gone are the days when there were no full-time footballers but only regular blokes with regular jobs who on weekends also played football.
Such has been the growth of the sport aided by media that nowadays when you are watching a football game it is usually 22 millionaires on the pitch. And now, the sport seems be reaching another landmark, Cristiano Ronaldo seems all set to become the world's second sporting billionaire after Tiger Woods. It is estimated Cristiano will be pocketing around 16,000 pounds a minute!
I am going to save myself the dizziness and not try to figure how much that comes out to in a year. Real Madrid who Ronaldo currently plays for (in case you forgot!) are considering a series of money-spinning games in the Middle East, with the Portuguese wing wizard as their star attraction. Talk about being scared of getting out of your comfort zone! Super rich Arab oil barons are willing to pay up to 3 millions pounds a game (!) to Real Madrid to play a series of exhibition matches. Jeez! Why not just fly down to Spain and watch them play for a maximum of € 500 for the best seats? Anyway, the key to these plans going ahead is Ronaldo's inclusion in the touring party and it is reported that the 3 million pound fee would be divided 50-50 between the club and Cristiano.
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