RONALDO SIGNED UP FOR O2 SKILLS EVENT

Real star getting £900k for three hours' work

RONALDO: Competing with fellow stars in London

By Dan King, 08/05/2010

CRISTIANO RONALDO will be paid a staggering £900,000 for three hours' work in a bid to prove he's the world's greatest player.

The Portuguese superstar is the latest to sign up for A:3K Football, a £10million gladiator-style test of skill at the 02 Arena on July 17.

Less than a week after the World Cup Final, Ronaldo will battle it out with Steven Gerrard, Didier Drogba, Cesc Fabregas and David Villa in a series of challenges.

They include A:3K Attack which sees the players locked in a perspex cage with six goals and two balls, trying to score as many times as possible.

The event is expected to be played in front of 15,000 fans at the O2 with ITV showing highlights.

David Beckham's former right-hand man, Terry Byrne, has helped organise the event and persuade the world's leading lights to compete.

He said: "We can officially confirm that Cristiano Ronaldo will be a competitor in this year's A:3K event.

"We have already confirmed that Drogba, Fabregas, Gerrard and Villa will also be competing on that one night at the O2.

"One more football superstar will complete the line-up - we expect to be able to confirm that name this week."

Your comments

This article has 11 comments

you are loser rooney good

By mahamed.. Posted May 15 2010 at 3:02 PM.

Ha o boy you tried your best to be the star which the world is watching over.Let the world continue to count on you as matter of fact because it don't means money but the effect you made to the world as a real star

By OLUWASEUN EZEKIEL.. Posted May 11 2010 at 8:10 PM.

By OLUWASEUN EZEKIEL.. Posted May 11 2010 at 8:08 PM.

i love you more than the world ronaldo. and you are u the best player in my world.

By mojahid moahmmed .. Posted May 11 2010 at 12:19 AM.

look at these moronic fan boys cant wait to watch some stupid sports garabge. That dont prove anything, Ronaldo thinks he can scrounge some attention through this pathetic tournament? he cant take Messi on in the real stage, so he wants to use this rubbish game to look better . Fool!

By Sid8810.. Posted May 9 2010 at 11:41 PM.

hahaha jj. You have pretty much hit the nail on the head right there.

By micky.. Posted May 9 2010 at 10:19 AM.

do yuo get bonus points for diving? just with Drogba, Ronaldo and Gerrard there then the floor will be covered with screaming premadonnas

By jj.. Posted May 9 2010 at 6:33 AM.

The event obviously needs Lionel Messi in it to have any credibility whatsoever.

By Leroy Cain.. Posted May 9 2010 at 2:29 AM.

Bilboy, I expect sponsors will be throwing money at the event too: Nike, Addidas, Coke, Pepsi, Gillett, etc, etc. A high profile event like that, they'd probably be fighting sponsors off with a stick!

Also, I reckon they would make a lot more £750k in tickets: It's not a football stadium, so think ring-side seats, executive tables etc. Plus TV rights for the whole of Europe, Asia, the Middle-East, South-America - all just after the World Cup when everyone is hungry for it.

I reckon they just might make enough money to swim in...

By John.. Posted May 9 2010 at 1:43 AM.

I Can't wait, already got my ticket!!!! .. Gerrard will win it .. unless the un-named player is rooney

By Luke_B.. Posted May 9 2010 at 1:40 AM.

Looks like a mouth-watering line-up, however I'd have loved to see Messi and Ronaldo go head to head, doubt Messi will be the 'final superstar' though. Rooney possibly?

Just a quick thought though, how on earth are they going to recoup the £10mil being spent on the players and setting up the event?! 15,000 tickets will only make back £750k max and tv deals won't exceed a couple of mill. Hmmm

By Bilboy.. Posted May 9 2010 at 12:54 AM.

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