Real Madrid must pay Man Utd's Ronaldo £26M if he STAYS

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo will be handed a staggering £26 million by Real Madrid - if does NOT join them this summer.

The Daily Star says former Madrid president Ramon Calderon reportedly promised the Ronaldo camp last summer he would do whatever it took to sign the Manchester United winger.

And that means Madrid could have to pay £80m to trigger an alleged buy-out clause in his contract.

Calderon was so confident of landing the 24-year-old, he agreed to pay him 30m Euros (£26m) if a deal was not clinched by the end of June. Ronaldo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, it is claimed in several Spanish newspapers, is said to have agreed to pay the same amount to Real if his client backed out of the move.

New Real vice-president Fernando Tapias refused to deny the outlandish claim on Spanish radio station Cadena Copè.

It was put to him: “I don’t know what is worse – if the club buys him he will cost 90m euros and if they don’t then it’s 30m."

He replied: “Yes but that is not our fault. He is a great player."

“That the price is exorbitant is also true. Maybe it is down to FIFA to put a 50m Euros cap on transfer fees. ”