Real Madrid's offer to pay £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United's star winger, is enough to make a banking hot-shot wince. The move was the Spanish football club's second mega-deal this week after it reportedly agreed to hand AC Milan £56m for Kaka, the Brazilian mid-fielder. The transfer fees do not even include the salaries both players will draw from their new clubs. Ronaldo should be particularly pleased to escape the UK's new 50 per cent top tax rate.
皇家马德里(Real Madrid)出价8000万英镑购买曼联(Manchester United)前锋克里斯蒂亚诺•罗纳尔多(Cristiano Ronaldo,C罗)的交易,足以令银行业成功人士望而却步。此举是这家西班牙足球俱乐部本周的第二笔大额交易,据报道,此前皇马同意以5600万英镑的价格,从AC米兰(AC Milan)手中购买巴西中场球星卡卡(Kaka)。上述转会费还不包括这两位球员在新俱乐部的薪水。能够逃脱英国新施行的50%的最高税率,C罗应该尤其感到高兴。