The Real Madrid man will sign another new deal,
while Man Utd pay £5m in severance fees, Premier
League clubs snub Mohamed Salah, and Sir Alex
Ferguson breaks records
RONALDO IN LINE FOR £40M NIKE DEAL
The ink has only just dried on his record breaking Real
Madrid contract, but Cristiano Ronaldo is set for
another mega payday with a €47 million boot deal with
Nike due to be signed in the next few months, The
Sweeper can reveal.
The Ronaldo money mountain, bolstered by the
€337,000-a-week after tax contract he penned last
week, is set to be increased further by a new five-year-
deal the American sportswear giants are currently
drawing up.
The 28-year-old currently earns €6m per year from the
deal he signed back in 2010 and Nike are hopeful of
tying the Portuguese superstar to a new deal before
next summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil, ahead of
which they have already designed a new range of boots.
Industry sources have insisted Ronaldo's new deal could
see him earn up to €9.4m a year for the next five
seasons, meaning he would remain a global
ambassador within the Nike family for years to come,
similar to the likes of tennis legend John McEnroe and
basketball icon Michael Jordan.
BASEL PRICED SALAH OUT OF PREMIER LEAGUE
MOVE
Winger Mohamed Salah caught the eye with his star
display in Basel's shock Champions League victory at
Chelsea on Wednesday night.
The 21-year-old Egyptian is regarded as one of the
hottest properties in European football and caught the
eye in Basel's domestic and European campaigns last
season.
Indeed, at least two Premier League clubs could have
signed Salah in the summer transfer window but
baulked at the €11.8m asking price.
If he continues to produce performances like
Wednesday night, that price will end up looking like a
snip.
BACKROOM CLEAR-OUT COST MANCHESTER
UNITED £5M
Manchester United were forced to pay out nearly £5m
to release their backroom staff during the summer.
The club filed their annual accounts on Thursday and
much of the headlines were about record revenues of
£363.2m.
But hidden under 'exceptional items' were the
severance packages they also had to settle following the
retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson last season.
First team coaches Rene Meulensteen and Mike Phelan
are understood to have walked away with around £2m
each and goalkeeping coach Eric Steele a further
£500,000.
The remainder of the £6.2m in exceptional items went
in professional advisory fees relating to the IPO float in
the United States last year.
SIR ALEX SMASHES THEATRE RECORDS AHEAD OF
BOOK LAUNCH
Sir Alex Ferguson might have disappeared into the
Manchester United shadows but his public profile will
be as high as ever over the coming months.
His new autobiography, 14 years since the last one, is
out on 24 October, with a press conference the
previous day to launch it and a tour featuring theatre
and music hall dates in Manchester, Glasgow, London,
Aberdeen, Preston and Dublin.
Publishers Hodder & Stoughton have revealed that the
former United manager’s appearance at Salford’s Lowry
Theatre was “the fastest-selling event in the theatre’s
history”.
All 1,700 tickets sold in under four minutes, with
similarly frenetic ticket activity replicated at the other
venues. Only the Clyde Auditorium in Sir Alex’s native
Glasgow has a few seats left to sell, with every ticket
including a signed copy of the book.
The autobiography is said to have earned Sir Alex an
advance of £2m.
FULHAM OWNER SEEKS TIE-UP WITH NFL
FRANCHISE
New Fulham owner Shahid Khan promised not to
rebrand the club as the Jaguars shortly after taking over
from Mohamed Al Fayed at Craven Cottage.
But The Sweeper understands that the close
geographical links between Fulham and his NFL
franchise Jacksonville Jaguars, who will play at least one
regular season game at Wembley for the next four
years, was pivotal in him buying the Premier League
club.
The Pakistan-born billionaire is believed to have
assessed the viability of a number of London clubs
before intermediaries alerted him to the possibility that
Al Fayed was willing to end his 16-year ownership of
Fulham.
Having acquired the foothold in the Premier League
that he was seeking, Khan has begun exploring
commercial and marketing tie-ups between his football
and NFL organisations.
However, sources say there is no immediate prospect of
an increase in Fulham’s transfer or player salary budget
as the club continue to operate within its financial
means.
SHERINGHAM ABANDONS FORAY INTO COACHING
Tottenham have been encouraging many of their
former players to step into coaching at their training
centre in Enfield.
With the likes of Les Ferdinand, Tim Sherwood and
Steffen Freund already on the club's coaching staff,
legends including Teddy Sheringham and David Ginola
have been using Spurs' facilities at Hotspur Way.
But while Ginola expects to finalise his coaching
qualifications next year, Sheringham has abandoned his
foray into coaching and management at the first
hurdle.
The former England striker has informed Tottenham he
will not pursue his coaching badges and will instead
enjoy his retirement and focus on punditry and hobbies
including golf and poker.
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