MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, claimed that his client rejected a deal from an unnamed Chinese club. The club were willing to pay Real Madrid €300 million to sign the Portuguese forward and paying him more than €100 million a year in wages. “Money is not everything, the Spanish club is his life,” Mendes said, “The Chinese market is a new market. They can buy a lot of players, but then again it is impossible to go for Ronaldo. Cristiano is the best player in the world and best ever. It is normal to have such offers. He won the European Championship with Portugal, it’s like winning the Italian league with Genoa, they were not the favourite.” The transfer offer, if genuine, would eclipse the world record £93.2m Manchester United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba in August. Ronaldo, who won his fourth Ballon d’Or award last month, earns close to €42m per year at Real Madrid, whom he joined from United for £80m in 2009.