Real Madrid are offering Cristiano Ronaldo over £180,000-a-week to leave Manchester United.
That amounts to £182,000 a week, an increase of 40 per cent on the deal John Terry agreed last year with Chelsea that was the highest in Premier League history.
With United understood to be anxious over Chelsea's appointment of Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, news of the extraordinary offer, made four weeks ago, will only add weight to the overwhelming sense that Ronaldo is set to leave for Spain.
