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Ronaldo offered £175 a minute to play in China

Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent claimed yesterday that the Real Madrid star has been offered “more than £85 million” per season to move to the Chinese Super League.

But Ronaldo isn’t going anywhere.

In what is another sign that Chinese football clubs have more money than they know what do with, an unnamed team has launched an audacious bid to sign the 2016 world player of the year.

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