If you want the best you have to pay the best simple as that really my only worry is that rio , rooney , teves , and the rest will want more now and that means only one thing ticket prices will rise and there for the chances are eventully they wont have a stadium full because fans will say they cant afford to go .

If he's content at United and commited to the club like he says he is, what need is there to offer him more money now, and extend his deal which has four years more to run?

That could be done in say, 2009 at the earliest, if he is commited like he says he is ofcourse.

There should never be any such panic when dealing with a commited player.

BUT......

Is Ronaldo a commited player?

My Answer = No

Will Ronaldo be here for another 4 years?

My Answer = No

Manchester United are worried by the interest from Spain and Ronaldo's constant talk of wanting to play in Spain 'One Day', so therefore are attempting to extend his contract even further and offer him ridiculous money in the process.

'One Day' can be any day in the future, and when he says that, it doesn't mean 4, 5, 6 years down the road, you can be sure of that.

This summer is going to turn into a Ronaldo saga, mark my words. When he is at the Euro's, and talking to all his buddies who play in Spain who say he must join Barca or Real, he will no doubt be tempted. Look what happened at the World Cup. Ronaldo openly said he wanted to leave, and "I decide my future". The incident with Rooney played a small part, sure, but you can be sure it wasn't the full driving force behind it.

His value will be at its highest this summer, so it's the perfect time to sell, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he is sold because he wants to leave.

If we could get £40 or £50 million for him now, it would be a great bit of business, because in my opinion, he's overrated. We could then use the money to buy a top class striker and a winger. Players that actually do turn up in the big games, and put on the performances when the pressure is on, like all great players do.

It's all too easy for Ron to score/turn it on when playing against teams who have lamp posts for defenders.

I believe a man once said that no one player will be bigger than the club. Well, with Ronaldo, that statement has gone out the window it seems. He has Ferguson quivering like a little schoolgirl at the thought of leaving, and the club in panic mode offering ridiculous wages. A wage structure that supposedly would never be broken (but already has).

If he's not commited, then get rid I say, but there is no way in hell I'd be offering any more money.

Fair play to Wes Brown aswell for looking for more money to extend his deal. He is quite right when he is only being offered £40,000, and Ronaldo £130,000.

Ther will be a lot of jealousy going on at OT. People are only human,even footballers! Could rock the boat.

It may rock the boat but Sir Alex has always believed in paying the top players top dosh.

If the likes of Rooney, Tevez and Anderson kick on in the next 18 months, they too will be rewarded.

Ronaldo is worth more to Man U than 44 million pounds spread over six years. If he becomes the best player in the world - and the signs are that he is just that - what is that worth?

Anderson and Nani joined in part because of Ronaldo. Who else will be lured to Man U if he is there?

And just think what a downer it would be if he joined Real. Break the bank I say.

Correct move ManU. Just keep him here. I expect ManU to have a quantum leap in profits next year, so no problem.

Is there such thing in EPL that SAF can guarantee CR to have one of the top 3 salaries in the league while in contract? This would be like NBA's Patrick Ewing which the NY Knicks guaranteed him being one of the top 5 salaries in the league to prevent him from leaving before his contract. This way, SAF does not have to renegotiate CR's contract to fend off suitors who are willing to break the bank in order to cause MU grief. It will always be about money. Loyalty extends only to the extent of the wallet. I don't blame CR. We all would do the same thing given the choice to stay or to make 40K more a week somewhere else.

He's the best player in the league, pay him the most money in the league. The other players will have increases in their wages in the next couple of years, they just need to do some of the things Ronaldo does week in week out along the way...

Pay him whatever it takes to keep him at OT well into his thirties. If his Mum wants to see him in a Real Madrid shirt, let it be when he's 36 or 37.

This is awful. What's the difference between 100,000 and 140,000 a week?

i think man u could pay him 300,000 per week but he will leave you sooner or later....has he not made that clear himself by his comments over the last 12months???....all the talk of wanting to "play for united for years" cant hide his true intention of wanting to play in spain.....by the way, i aint a city fan!

Utterly obscene. The worlds gone mad.It wouldn't matter who it was, no footballer is worth 140K a week. Perhaps United can afford it but players in general are taking too much money out of the game with stupid wages.
It wouldn't happen in any other business.

DONT MATTER WHAT U GIVE HIM. COZ MICAH WILL HAVE HIM IN HIS BACKPOCKET ON SUNDAY. P.S I HOPE NEVILLE PLAYS SO HE CAN FEED STURIDGE!

Red Dawn I allways noticed that you're Ronaldo's nr:1 fan . Tell you something mate swap him with Robben and no money involved, that's what your kind were asking in his first seasons. From what I heard from Ronaldo, he is happy at united and even if his "mum wants him to play in Madrid", I don't believe Ronaldo will leave in the next years. He is having a good time and I feel that he is enjoying Manchester like no one. United if fighting for 3 competition has a great team looking to sign another Portuguese player( Bonsingwa please...) why would he want to leave? SAF is right to increase his wages because money talks and even if Ronaldo is happy with 100 a week the point of increasing to 140 is to scare the teams that still believe they can buy him. A winger with 28 goals, 23 years old, the best player in the world just now, no odubt he deserves. 40 a week for Brown is already to much as Bosingwa is twice the player in his both position and earns less than half. If Rooney, Tevez want more money than they have to produce in goals rating twice as much as CR as their position they should score more. Ronaldo has more goals than both of them together. Rio earns over 100/week and he is a CB. Don't come with that one of being griddy if somebody comes and offers me more money that I'm making today I'll consider hearing the offer, wouldn't you?

Red Dawn - Ronnie is only 22 and is bigger than Beckham at his peak. £50 Million is peanuts for player who on course to be a "MULTIPLE" World Player of the Year, still dramatically improving (look at his goal return and deadball strike rate this season), renowned at International level (53 Caps - 20 Goals) and five years from his peak. Talents like Ronnie come along once in a lifetime for club. Yeah you can name Cantona, Becks, Henry, Zidane, Ronaldinho or Kaka but all these player were hardly uprooting trees before they hit 23 / 24. Added to this Ronnie only seems to miss games through being "rested" rather than being injured. Moments like that special free-kick against Pompey is worth his salary alone. Over-rated....?

Its a world gone crazy
I love Ronaldo and think he is a good footballer
BUT hells bells the money is obscene !!

I don't believe Ronaldo will stay any longer than this summer if Real or Barça insist and if he wants to,and they will. Listen, i'm spaniard, but for all the money United would give him, it's really worth. First, to avoid him to join thoses pretentious at Real and those nacionalists at Barça. Second : sure he's contratec to our club, but how much do we'll have to pay to bring the best player on earth to United? Muche more than 44 m £. So it would be the....Real deal. Anyway, selling him will not be as bad as most think. We would cash in massively and for us, the fans, we would be more relaxed, having finally ended this too long saga. Now it's time for Ronaldo to talk. But please, if do have to sell him : NOT TO A SPANISH CLUB!

Deserves to be the leagues to earner. EVERY United player would accept that

RedDawn - you`re a prat mate. Do you always have to be negative? Ronaldo overrated? Do you know anything about football at all? Thought not. He will go to spain one day. But it will not be for a few years yet. He is worth every penny. He has what it takes to one day be condsidered in the same breath as maradonna, zidane etc.,

"It wouldn't happen in any other business.
Gerry, Glastonbury"

Sorry Gerry, but it does. A comparison could be another "entertainment industry" - films. Tom Cruise = £20mil for effectively 1.5 hours work! It is all about the name.

United never pay more than 50% of turnover in wages, so don't panic. They will recoop franchising turnover and also stand a better chance of winning things with quality players.

What is obscene is the Glazers getting £40m per year profits/the plc historically taking approx 15m per year in dividends. You never complained then, and is that preferable to Ronnie making a nice buttie?

Cash on him! but NOT to a Spanish club, send him to Partick Thistle instead!

Anyone who thinks 140k a week is too high is correct but if the truth be known 10k is too high for kicking a ball around every week. But to coin a phrase "hate the game not the player". If you can follow a team that pays 10s of thousands a week to a player then this deal should make no difference to you. Generally the money spoken about is more about a club reflecting their appreciation of the player and to put the price of a player up in the minds of the buying club. But if anyone is worth that money then Ronaldo is and if you're not banging on about Terry getting that money then it is hypocritical to have a go at a player that has already scored 28 goals so far this season.

STILL FEEDING THE GOAT. Football was'nt invented in August 2007 what is it like sitting at home watching the REDS bringing trophies home year after year after year while your lot employ an archaeologist to to talk about your last cup win, by the way premiership games so far Played 21 United won 12 drew 5 bitters won 4 nuff said.

He's worth every penny of it.
Look how we struggled to score earlier in the season without him.
Give him the money Glazer.

just another lazy story from the press. unsubstantiated nonsence. Fergie says (lightly) that he'd have to pay Ron more if he scored 30 league goals and Ron scores 2 more the next week - simple story really and has the usual hook,line & sinker affect.

Spencertea the irritating Real and their odious "El Madrid insiste" does not actually mean they can insist on anything. They can lie, cheat, deny with the press all they want but at the end of the day they have to talk to United - who will simply say "Nope. not interested".

Obscene money is the nature of the beast in sports and entertainment theses days. The only people who can control it are the paying fans, at the turnstiles, which they have not chosen to do. So be it. If anyone in the EPL deserves it, Ronnie does. I hope he signs a contract so obscene we bi*ch about all week, right up until the point he steps on the pitch and we forget all about it. My only concern is that if word gets out if he hasn't sign it right away (which he probably won't)- all the doom and gloom and media circus hysteria that will consume team.