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What's happened here is that we knew that we could match the Fee given what United had agreed for him; however we've not contacted his representatives beforehand only sounded him out on it. Its a very opportunistic last minute deal. If he actually wanted to move; Woodward would had definitely found an agreement for him. The man's solution is to throw money at everything and they would have definitely resolved the image rights issue. However he wants to stay. Honestly don't look past Madrid agreeing a loan to buy for him later in the window; Ronaldo will be selling him Madrid as a potential destination and Madrid are allowed to outright buy his image rights. It's standard for them to own image rights for players and they would have encountered this before.