Izuchukwu OkosiManchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be paid a whopping bonus of £850,000 following his hat-trick in Manchester United’s 3-2 edgy win against relegation threatened Norwich on Saturday evening.
According to English tabloid, The Sun, Ronaldo triggered a bonus-related clause in his contract after reaching 21 goals milestone for the season.
Ronaldo’s contract includes a £750,000 bonus for reaching 20 goals threshold plus a further £100,000 for his hat-trick strike.
Consequently Ronaldo will now receive £100,000 for each further goal he scores in the remainder of this season.
United will also pay their top scorer this season £1 million (whoever it could have been) and Ronaldo seems almost certain to achieve that accolade given that he is 12 goals ahead of his closest challenger Bruno Fernandes.
Ronaldo could get around £2.75million in total payments if he manages to reach 30 goals this season.
Despite heavy criticisms Ronaldo is playing a major part as he looks to keep his team’s hopes of finishing in the top four alive.
Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the win against Tottenham last month and he repeated the feat against Norwich at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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