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#7 Joining Real Madrid
After experiencing immense success at Manchester United on a team level as well as a personal one, Ronaldo decided to fulfil a childhood dream of his and join perhaps the most famous club in the world, Real Madrid.
Due to the fact that Ronaldo had already established himself as the best player in the world the year previous to this move he wasn't going to come cheap, and in light of this he was sold for a then world record fee of £80 million.
Whilst for anyone else this price tag may have proved a burden, it had the absolute opposite impact for CR7 who gave priceless performances over the next decade at Real Madrid, winning innumerable team and individual awards, and becoming Real Madrid's top goal scorer ever with a peerless 450 goals in 438 games.
Although the moment of him joining Madrid alone isn't necessarily the highlight in itself, it represents the pivotal point where Ronaldo, along with Messi at Barcelona, transcended the footballing world to previously unknown heights.
