Linked to Real Madrid until 2018, how much can such an alien like Cristiano Ronaldo cost on the transfer market?

Extending his contract with Real Madrid until 2018, last summer, Cristiano Ronaldo became the highest paid player in the world, with an annual salary of 17 million Euros, one more than Lionel Messi. A colossal sum but perhaps far from his price on the transfer market.

A thousand million release clause

“We have established a release clause of one thousand million Euros. It was a way for us to demonstrate that he is the best and that the best is priceless. So we set a symbolic sum of one billion Euros, ” said the former Real president Ramon Calderon who had signed the contract in December 2008 with the Portuguese. A contract imbued with a peculiar release clause.

This symbolic sum avoids especially Real Madrid to see the competition break. Yet as revealed Le 10 Sport throughout last season, negotiations took place between Jorge Mendes, the agent of Cristiano Ronaldo and PSG. Evidence that such amount does not dissuade anybody to make an attempt. Knowing also that when a player is determined to leave a club, it is then almost impossible to retain him.

Up now to the club in question to assess the value of the player. And for Cristiano Ronaldo, the estimated sum seems daunting. Especially on the amount of transfer to pay, they must also add the signing bonus that also figures in millions of Euros and percentages on image rights.