Cristiano Ronaldo Transfer Smashes Instagram And Twitter Records, Crashes Manchester United Site As Followers Surge

Cristiano Ronaldo Transfer Smashes Instagram And Twitter Records, Crashes Manchester United Site As Followers Surge

Cristiano Ronaldo back to Manchester United after 12 years caused mayhem across the footballing world and on Instagram and Twitter as well as the club’s followers increased

Cristiano Ronaldo is coming back to England after 12 long years. The news of the Portuguese star’s return to Old Trafford was enough to make Manchester United fans overjoyed and emotional at the same time.

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Ronaldo left Manchester United in 2009 to move to Real Madrid where he spent 9 stunning years winning the Champions League four times. In 2018 he moved to Juventus where he won the Serie A twice but could not win the Champions League.

He won his first CL title at Man United and now that he’s back, Cristiano will look to add more such trophies to his cabinet.

What a crazy transfer window this has been! Messi and Ramos to PSG, Varane to Man United, Lukaku to Chelsea, Grealish to Man City, and now Ronaldo to Man United.

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However, last week there were some serious talks of Ronaldo deciding to move to Man City which surely would have left Man United fans frenzied. Thank god that didn’t happen. Because if Cristiano did move to City, it would have been hailed as the most controversial transfer in the history of football.

Cristiano Ronaldo Transfer To Manchester United Increases Club’s Followers On Instagram And Twitter

It was something hard to digest for Man United fans which is why so many of them tried to access the club’s website to check the validity of the news. This eventually lead to the website crashing soon after the club announced Ronaldo’s signing.

Not only that, Manchester United’s twitter and Instagram posts announcing the return of Cristiano Ronaldo has the most likes from any sports club at respectively 1.9M and 12.6M, and counting. The club has already gained over 2 million followers since the news broke with the first one million being added in two hours only.

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Talking about the influence that CR7 has around the world, Man United’s shares soared exceedingly high, even though he hasn’t officially signed for the Red Devils.

As per Joe Pompliano, Manchester United’s stick is up 8%, which means Ronaldo has added a whopping 250 million dollars in market cap to the stock already. That is absolutely massive!

Ronaldo’s arrival to Old Trafford after 12 long years is something beautiful for Manchester United fans. We can certainly hope to see the Red Devils’ fans giving one of the greatest players of all time the warmest of welcomes possible.

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