Sport Cristiano Ronaldo is in the process of ruining Manchester United
Man Utd lean on Ronaldo to prove Man City's missed opportunity
Manchester United are relying on Cristiano Ronaldo to show Manchester City what they missed out on when they meet at Old Trafford on Saturday with both sides in need of the points. Fixtures (all times GMT) Friday Southampton v Aston Villa (2000) Saturday Manchester United v Manchester City (1230), Brentford v Norwich, Chelsea v Burnley, Crystal Palace v Wolves (all 1500), Brighton v Newcastle (1730) Sunday Arsenal v Watford, Everton v Tottenham, Leeds v Leicester (all 1400), West Ham v Liverpool (1630)kca/nr
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Cristiano Ronaldo is expensive and Manchester units is painfully realizing it.

results Football often seems isolated from the economic realities and the last quarterly accounts of Manchester United have proved once again. Compared to the third quarter of last year, the club's payroll increased by nearly 1.6 million euros per week. This represents an increase of nearly 25%. There is no price to guess the main driver of this increase. It is Cristiano Ronaldo, since the Portuguese returned to the United Kingdom to assume a weekly salary of 655,000 euros per week - the highest salary in the history of the Premier League.
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Arrivals of Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Tom Heaton have also contributed to this extraordinary expense. The main number of Ronaldo's return - the transfer allowance of just over 16 million euros - could have appeared to be derisory, but when we know that the Portuguese will receive nearly 35 million euros a year thanks to His salary is the opposite that occurs.
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