Because Of Manchester United's Poor Performance Last Season, Cristiano Ronaldo Lost Money Worth IDR 54 Billion

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. (Instagram/@cristiano)

JAKARTA - Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly lost a lot of money due to Manchester United's poor performance last season. He failed to get three bonuses worth IDR 54 billion from the club.

When moving from Juventus to Manchester United, the Portuguese superstar agreed to take a salary cut of IDR 7 billion per week. However, MU included three remuneration incentives into his contract.

The bonus will be received by the former Real Madrid player if he helps United to the European Champions League, becomes UEFA's player of the year, or adds to the Ballon d'Or collection.

The three bonuses are each worth 1 million pounds (equivalent to Rp. 18 billion). However, none of the three targets were achieved by Ronaldo so that he automatically lost the £3 million bonus (approximately IDR 54 billion).

In fact, the presence of CR7 is expected to boost the team's achievements. The performance of the Portuguese player is actually quite good. However, it did not get support from other Red Devils players.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner sent Old Trafford into a frenzy last summer. He rejoined the Red Devils for £12.5 million.

He was hijacked by Manchester United when rumors of a move to Manchester City grew stronger. At Old Trafford he signed a contract for 475.000 pounds per week before the deadline for the closing of the transfer window.

His arrival is expected to help Manchester United enter the Premier League title competition. However, in reality, they ended the season without a title after finishing in sixth place in the final standings.

Not playing in the European Champions League next season made Ronaldo ask the club to sell him. He wanted to remain competitive at the highest level of Europe in the late years of his career, but the club refused.

The player with the initials CR7 was linked with several big clubs, including Chelsea and Bayern Munich. However, the two clubs openly said they did not need his services.