There have been various rumours about Ronaldo joining Manchester City in the media. Ever since the world came to know that CR7 is leaving Juventus, there has been a lot of speculation everywhere regarding his next move, his next club. First Messi and now Ronaldo - this is a transfer window that just keeps on giving. It’s hard to fathom that anyone would have even guessed that both Ronaldo and Messi would change their clubs in the same transfer window and that too in the same month.
There were rumours of all types of rumours about his next move, his next club, While there were ongoing negotiations between Ronaldo and Manchester City and there were high chances according to some pundits that he would have joined City much to the scare of United fans all across the world. Manchester United just came in at the last minute and secured the deal and brought their prodigal son home. So Yes, it is confirmed that RONALDO HAS JOINED MANCHESTER UNITED AGAIN. RONALDO IS BACK HOME.
After a sudden turn of events that forced Ronaldo to ask an exit from Juventus which some say was because he was not happy at the club or he did not see this Juventus team winning trophies while some say Juventus were so flooded with debt that they couldn't afford to keep paying the wages of perhaps football’s one of the greatest superstars ever. Whatever happened, ask United Fans, they are not complaining.
It is said that there were a lot of efforts made by the whole Manchester United Society to sign Ronaldo and stop him from joining their rivals Manchester City. Ex teammates of Ronaldo who had played with him at Manchester United called their friend and asked him about it, then there was player turned agent Bruno Fernandes who was in constant touch with his Portugal Team-mate to get him back to United. And then there was a call from Sir Alex Ferguson who Ronaldo considers to be his father figure. And obviously, there were fans all over the world who were rooting for Ronaldo to return home so that they could see him back where he belonged. They had been dreaming of this fairytale ending for a long while but this time this actually came true. It is like Christmas in Manchester right now where everyone is just going crazy over how Ronaldo is back at United.
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Ronaldo has signed a two year deal with United. United have to pay €15 million to Juventus and another €8 million in add-ons. This is what the Manchester United Official Website had to say about this record-breaking deal.
Manchester United is delighted to confirm that the club has reached agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and medical.
Cristiano, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, has so far won over 30 major trophies during his career, including five UEFA Champions League titles, four FIFA Club World Cups, seven league titles in England, Spain and Italy, and the European Championship for his native Portugal.
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Ever since United made that announcement, this news literally broke the internet. It was trending everywhere and everyone’s feed was filled with only news about Ronaldo and Manchester United. And rightly so too, he has been the best player in the world for a long long time. After announcing that Manchester United had signed Ronaldo, within an hour they gained an additional 6,50,000 followers on Instagram, 10,00,000 likes on Twitter and so on and so forth on every social media platform. Like we said earlier, this news broke the internet.
What does it mean to Manchester United’s chances after Ronaldo joining them?
Manchester United did some amazing transfer business this summer and they had signed Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane already. Now during the last few days of the transfer window they have managed to sign CR7, it does them a world of good. They already had a good young squad that was full of talent and potential and they already looked like a great side on paper. All they lacked was a good leader who can inspire them on the training ground and someone who has experience in winning trophies. Well, no one works harder on the training ground than Ronaldo and well, there have not been bigger match-winners in the history of the game like CR7 which is why he has 5 Ballon D’ors to his name. All this signing has done is that it has increased United’s Chances of winning Silverware finally this season.