FIAT Chrysler (FCA) workers are to go on strike over the company owner's decision to pay £88m to buy Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. Italy's Agnelli family owns 30 per cent of Fiat and hold 64 per cent in Juventus, the club Ronaldo will join next season, nine years after playing for the Spanish team.

The Italian side confirmed the news on Wednesday after weeks of speculation over the move. In the past few years, Fiat have sacked many employees given the ever-changing and highly competitive international automotive sector. Fiat's employees union feels the money spent on Ronaldo could have been better used within the company.