Breaking news: Finally ,downfall of Ronaldo ,he wants to leave , as sources have it that Ronaldo is in Portugal with a club he wants to return to as Manchester United offer him 25 % pay cut , he arrives Portugal for contract talks

 

Cristiano Ronaldo will have his £385,000 

a week salary docked by 25 per cent 

next season should Manchester United

 fail to qualify for the Champions League

, according to reports.

The Portuguese forward returned to 

Old Trafford this summer in a stunning 

£20million transfer from Juventus, but 

both he and the club are struggling for

 form with United currently sitting in 

seventh place.

Ralf Rangnick's Red Devils are two 

points behind fourth-placed West Ham

 with a game in hand, but top-four rivals 

Tottenham and Arsenal have played 

one match fewer than United in an 

intense four-way battle for Champions 

League football.

And according to The Athletic, Ronaldo

 will see his salary docked if the club 

cannot breach the gap to fourth-place

 between now and the end of May.

That would mean Ronaldo's £385,000 

a week wage will dip below the £300,000

 mark to £288,000 a week - which 

would be the lowest wage salary the 

36-year-old has earned in some years.

Sportsmail revealed last year that 

Ronaldo accepted a significant drop 

from the £500,000 a week package 

he had at Juventus in order to complete

 his Old Trafford return.

Despite that drop in wage, Ronaldo

 is still the highest-earning star 

in Rangnick's squad, with United goalkeeper

 David de Gea next on the list on 

a reported £375,000 a week.

Ronaldo has scored 14 goals in 

23 matches since making the move 

back to United last summer, but only 

eight of them have come in the 

Premier League.

However, the Portuguese forward has

 continued his excellent Champions

 League record by scoring in every 

single group stage match for United 

this season, as they progressed out 

of a tricky group with Spanish side 

Villarreal and Serie A's Atalanta.

United could view the Champions 

League knockout route as a way of 

qualifying for next season's tournament.

The Red Devils have Spanish side

 Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 

and Ronaldo could be a good asset 

in their European aspirations.