I'll worry if we lose 100 Ronaldos: EPL chief

Cristiano Ronaldo's departure for Spain is not the start of a talent drain from the Premier League, which remains in good shape to weather the economic downturn, according to chief executive Richard Scudamore.

Ronaldo's record 80 million pound ($132 million) 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 a 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.