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Soccer star Ronaldo is returning to Manchester United after 12 years. Ronaldo is a player Son Heung-min has chosen as a role model since childhood, and now they are facing each other in the same league.
By Kim Hyung-yeol, staff reporter.
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Manchester United announced on their website that they had agreed to a contract with Ronaldo.
The contract period is 2 years and the transfer fee is KRW 20.5 billion in Korean money.
Ronaldo has grown into a world star, scoring 118 goals for Manchester United in six seasons starting in 2003, winning the Champions League once and winning the league three times.
After playing with Real Madrid and Juventus, he returned to his former team after 12 years of winning 30 trophies and 5 Ballon d'Ors.
The reaction of Manchester fans was mixed when Ronaldo, who was initially predicted to have a high possibility of a transfer to Manchester City, turned to his former team Manchester United.
[Man United fans: Ronaldo is the best player of all time. Now United will go back to their original title of champion.]
[Man City fan: Ronaldo is past his heyday, selfish, he doesn't even play as a team. I'm really glad that Man City didn't sign.]
Heung-Min Son and the match are also of great interest.
Son Heung-min, who has always picked Ronaldo as his role model,
[Son Heung-min / Tottenham striker: I really want to see Ronaldo and I want to talk about training methods, etc.]
Two years ago, during a pre-season match, he met Ronaldo and exchanged uniforms to show his fandom.
Now, with Son Heung-min's status as big as Ronaldo's, the first league match between the two players will be held at Tottenham's home game on October 31st.
(Video editing: Park Chun-bae, screen provided by: YouTube Donghyun kldh)