Varun Pai
Manchester United have almost recovered the fee they paid for Cristiano Ronaldo
According to the website lovethesales.com (h/t Mirror), Manchester United have already recovered a huge chunk of the transfer fee they paid for Cristiano Ronaldo through shirt sales.
The club legend, who originally left Old Trafford back in 2009 for Real Madrid, completed a glorious return on deadline day from Juventus.
The Red Devils agreed to pay Juventus nearly £20million for the Portuguese’s services, and the Italian outfit struck a deal in the dying embers of the window. However, the transfer fees shall be paid in £2.5million annual instalments.
To that end, United could offset the entire transfer fee before the Old Trafford fans have a glimpse of the 36-year-old against Newcastle United. The Portuguese has generated incredible sales of his jerseys across the world. The club legend is set to wear his famous number 7 jersey again, and fans have flocked to stores as well as websites to buy the forward’s shirt.
The club made £32million in sales across several platforms in the first 12 hours of his jersey becoming available for sale, according to the website lovethesales.com (h/t Mirror).
The club also enjoyed the biggest sales in one day on a single sports merchandise site outside North America after the jersey became available to buy for the general public. United also topped their record of best ever 24 hours of sales in the first hour itself, through their official website. (h/t Mirror)
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As per the kit sponsorship deals, the Old Trafford outfit will earn 10% of these sales. Thus, they have already recovered their annual instalment for the year while they could recover the entire transfer fee if the sales continue at this rate.
Ronaldo could make his debut against Newcastle United on the 11th of September in front of the Old Trafford fans.
