Ronaldo has signed a six-year contract at Real and is set to become the highest-paid player on the planet; almost doubling his wage packet from his Old Trafford days.

The winger joined United from Sporting Lisbon in 2003 for a fee in the region of £12.2million. The youngster had impressed United's players during a friendly game between the two clubs - and the Red Devils moved quickly to snap him up.

He would go onto make 244 appearances for the club, bagging 118 goals - including an incredible 42 strikes in United's league and European double-winning year in 2008. However, speculation that a move to the Bernabeu was in the offing have proved a disruption to the club for some while.

After his 42-goal wonder year, Ronaldo publicly expressed a desire to join Real before Sir Alex Ferguson eventually put his foot down surrounding any move. However, twelve months later, the lure of a £80million offer proved too much to decline and United can now look forward to splashing some serious cash on the transfer market this summer.

Cheerio to Ronaldo - I'm sure European competition will mean we'll meet again soon.

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Ronaldo's £80million exit finalised

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Re: Ronaldo's £80million exit finalised

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Date: 01/07/2009 15:55

I think this feeling is called bittersweet.
Good luck lad. But make no mistake, we'll kick crater size lumps out of you if you are unfortunate enough to meet us in the CL as we send your Dream team crashing out.

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Date: 02/07/2009 10:55

I think this feeling is called hopelessness and bitterherbs.

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