In a big surprise to the followers, the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo chose to return to Manchester United after his association with the neighbor Manchester City during the past days, and many press reports revealed details from the last hours that preceded the official announcement of the return of the Don to Old Trafford.
Ronaldo’s adventure with Juventus ended, and he asked the management of the old lady’s club to allow him to leave, and he was close to playing under the leadership of Spanish coach Pep Guardiola in Manchester City, but the failure to reach an agreement between the two teams disrupted the deal, as City refused to pay a sum of money and suggested a reciprocal deal. Under which one of his players will move to Italy, while the Italian club insisted on obtaining at least 25 million euros before allowing Ronaldo to leave.
With the close of the transfer deal approaching, Jorge Mendes - Ronaldo's agent - intensified his movements, and opened channels of communication with Manchester United.
According to press reports, Alex Ferguson - who was coaching United from 1986 to 2013 - made a phone call to Ronaldo on Friday morning and persuaded him to return to the "Red Devils".
Ferguson is considered the godfather of Ronaldo (36 years), as he was behind his move to Manchester United, and supervised his training during the period between 2003 and 2009, during which the English team won 3 league championships, the Champions League, the FA Cup, the Club World Cup and the League Cup. .
Reports confirmed that a number of Ronaldo's colleagues had contacted him, including his Portuguese teammate Bruno Fernandes and former Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand, who said that in the past 24 hours he had exchanged more messages with Ronaldo than he had exchanged with him since he left Manchester.
On the other hand, other reports spoke of secret contacts that brought together Ronaldo's representatives with Manchester United months ago, and confirmed that the efforts made by Ronaldo's colleagues were not the step that settled the deal.
Away from this dispute, everyone agrees that Manchester United will reap a lot of benefits by signing Ronaldo, both on and off the field.
Since Ronaldo rejoined Man United:
• The club's official website crashed
• His announcement tweet got a million likes in an hour
• The club's stock rose by 8%, value $250M
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And before he played any minute with the team, Ronaldo revived the treasuries of Manchester United, as reports indicated that the value of the team's shares increased by about 8%, with a value of nearly 250 million euros.
Manchester United's pages on the communication sites enjoyed a mythical interaction, as the volume of interaction with the tweet announcing the contract with Ronaldo within hours exceeded what was achieved by the tweet of Argentine Lionel Messi joining Paris Saint-Germain about a month ago.
It is expected that the economic benefit of the English club will increase from contracting with Ronaldo, who is the most followed player on social media, and one of the most successful and influential athletes at the level of marketing.
On the sporting side, Ronaldo will give additional offensive options to coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and will enhance the team's chances of competing for the Premier League title and fighting the rest of the candidates, led by defending champion Manchester City, along with Liverpool and Chelsea.
Between his debut in the English Premier League in August 2003 and his last appearance in May 2009, Ronaldo scored 84 goals and scored 15 goals in 52 Champions League matches.