Manchester United F.C. on penalties in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. Ryan Giggs made a record 759th appearance for the club in this game, overtaking previous record holder Bobby Charlton. In December 2008, the club won the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup and followed this with the 2008–09 Football League Cup, and its third successive Premier League title. That summer, Cristiano Ronaldo was sold to Real Madrid for a world record £80 million. In 2010, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2–1 at Wembley to retain the League Cup, its first successful defence of a knockout cup competition. After
Transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid C.F. to Juventus F.C. idea of obtaining Ronaldo came from sporting director Fabio Paratici, as per Pavel Nedvěd. Pérez would comment on the situation on 21 September, stating: "Nobody [was willing to] give more than €100 million. He wanted to go and the most [we could obtain would] be that amount. We have not had many more offers." Moreover, Manchester United manager José Mourinho argued at a press conference in early September that Ronaldo was "never on [his] table to say 'yes' or 'no'" to, while Massimiliano Mirabelli and Marco Fassone, Milan's former director of football and former managing director respectively, admitted in November