Scudamore: I'll worry if we lose 100 Ronaldos

Ronaldo's record 80 million pound transfer to Real Madrid was seen by some as the first in a flood of top players leaving England, now less attractive because of the weak pound and new higher top rate of income tax.

Scudamore, however, compared the Portuguese forward's exit to the 2003 departure of another Manchester United player who joined Real, David Beckham.

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