Get up to speed with the transfer news coming out of Manchester United as they sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus and know how it all transpired
Portuguese International Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed on a 2-year deal worth £24million with his former club Manchester United. The 36-years-old former Man United player is back to his favorite club after spending time in Spain and Italy.
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 27, 2021
Meanwhile, this signing by Manchester United comes as a shock as earlier Juventus denied every possibility of Ronaldo leaving Turin. He made his intentions clear to the Juventus board and asked for a return to the Premier League.
Subsequently, Jorge Mendes offered the Portuguese International to Manchester City for a bumper contract. But, the negotiations between both parties were unsuccessful, as a result, Ronaldo is now headed to his former club Manchester United in a shocking turn of events.
Part of the reason why he did not join City is? because of his comments in the past that He will never play for United’s arch-rivals. Meanwhile, he will travel to Manchester to sort out his visa details and complete his medicals.
Manchester United Transfer News: Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford
Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United in 2003 and became a crucial player of the team under Sir Alex Ferguson. Meanwhile, he performed exceptionally well on that left flank helping Man United to secure 3 consecutive Premier League titles and a UEFA Champions League title.
In 2009, he moved to Real Madrid for a world-record transfer fee at that time of around £80 million where he became one of the best players in Europe. He stayed with the Los Blancos for 9 seasons helping the team to secure 4 UEFA Champions League titles and 2 La Liga titles.
After achieving so many things with Real Madrid and an end number of individual honors along the way, he left the club in 2018 following an altercation with Real Madrid president Fiorentina Perez. As a result, he joined Italian Champions Juventus for a transfer fee of around €100 million.
Ronaldo featured in 134 games for the club in all competitions finding the net a whopping 101 times during his 3-year spell with the club. He felt unhappy at the club due to no future plan and wanted to return to his favorite club Manchester United.
The Portugal Connection
The Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes played a crucial role in bringing his compatriot to the Red Devils by maintaining personal contact. Just like Neymar did in the case of Lionel Messi joining Paris-Saint Germain.
Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was unhappy with the rumors of Ronaldo joining City and felt that it would be a shame to see Ronaldo in the Blue shirt.
He said,
“I don’t want to speculate too much. Cristiano is a legend of this club, he is the greatest player of all time,” said Solskjaer.
“He’s such a tremendous human being so let’s see what happens with him; everyone who’s played with him will have a soft spot for him.”