Cristiano Ronaldo wants to earn more than any other football player on this perishable planet and is preparing to make a relevant claim to the leadership of Real Madrid in the face of Florentino Perez.
These were the headlines of yesterday's issues of Spanish newspapers. It would seem - like nothing new, because the high demands of the Portuguese is not at all surprising and, in principle, Cristiano deserves what he asks, but why did he start talking about this right now? Ronaldo for several months is behind the backs of Neimar and Messi on the salary in a year (taking into account bonuses), but to claim about their claims about this CR7 did not hurry up.
The answer is very simple. Ronaldo wanted to ask the leadership about the increase in September after he was overtaken by Neimar and, moreover, this desire became more acute in November, when more than 50 million began to earn his age-old competitor Lionel Messi. However, Cristiano simply had no reason to turn to Florentine Perez. Ronaldo showed a terrible game in the example, Real Madrid time after time losing points, and in the press his name was mentioned only in case of criticism and often it was more than constructive. The only bright spot for the Portuguese in this moment is his performance in the Champions League, but even his goals did not help "creamy" win the fight for first place in Tottenham.
What has changed now? Ronaldo won the fifth Gold ball in his career and last week his exact free-kick brought Real international trophy to Real Madrid. Celebrated the victory and went, as they say, to the offices for a new contract.
Ronaldo can understand. He is at an age when his game is unlikely to improve every year, but rather vice versa, and he understands perfectly well that it is now the time has come when he can for the last time knock out a "fat" contract from Peres and again become the highest paid football player of the world.
And in this case, Peres better fulfill the requirements of the Portuguese, because otherwise Cristiano will again threaten the club with care, and now, when the team and so far not all is well, it can cause irreparable damage.
Moreover, knowing Ronaldo, it is possible to assume that when he again earns more than his competitors, his game will improve by an order of magnitude. Cristiano is such a footballer that with certain external problems his game may not be as bright and spectacular as in their absence.
In other words, Ronaldo is used to being in his comfort zone, but this season he does not get it at all. Not only that the team shows poor results, so also Messi and Neimar skipped it in financial terms. Ronaldo simply can not stand on the third position on the pedestal - he always needs to be on top.