After Ronaldo joined Manchester United, the Red Devils sold Daniel James to Leeds United for £25 million, and the 23-year-old Welsh international became United's fifth-earning player in the past decade.
James signed for Manchester United from Swansea in July 2019, when Manchester United spent £15m and united earned £10m in the transfer after the sale to Leeds United. Let's look back at the Red Devils' business of making money on player transfers over the past decade.
In June 2014 they sold Batner to Dynamo Moscow, and in 2012 they bought Batna for £4 million and sold it for £5.6 million. Battner has played 13 goals in the Premier League and he has yet to get a chance to show.
Daly Blind also made money, signing Blind from Ajax for £14m in August 2014, who played 90 Premier League games for United. They sold Brinman back to Ajax four years ago and made £4.5 million at the time.
United signed for Hernandez from Guadalajara, Mexico in July 2010 for £6.5 million, and in August 2015 they sold to Bayer Leverkusen for £7.3 million.
Roma star Chris Smallson joined Manchester United for £10 million in 10 years, playing more than 300 Premier League games for the club, and in 20 years he moved to Roma for £15 million, and Manchester United earned another £5 million.
United now have a lot of young players in the squad, and recently they spent £73 million to bring in 21-year-old Sancho, Henderson, Bissaka, Scott McTominay, Greenwood and Rashford are all under the age of 24, and they are all likely to make money for Manchester United in the future.