Cristiano Ronaldo’s popular Number 7 jerseys have broken Premier League records for shirt sales within the first 12 hours of a player’s digits being made official. The number 7 kit was given up generously by Edinson Cavani, with the Portuguese player all set to don the same number with which he rose to icon status. Around £32.5 million were allegedly spent by fans within the first 12 hours.
This will not however pay back the £12.85 million fee United paid for Ronaldo to Juventus. This is because football teams do not get to keep the entire revenue generated from shirt sales. Despite being confidential, United are unlikely to keep more than 10% from the kit sales deal. Even if this really is the case, Manchester United still won’t have much of a problem to pay back Juventus given the player’s successes pushing them forward.
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