With over 335 million followers on Instagram only, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the talk of the town having just signed a huge deal with his previous team, Manchester United. Fans have taken to social media thrilled with the news including Man U player Marcus Rashford who shared his excitement over Twitter telling his followers he’s home.
In the year of 2003, the most followed man on social media signed with Manchester united as a young prospect. During his tenure at Man U, he played 292 games, scoring 118 goals in all competitions. Although there were speculations that Ronaldo was going to sign with rival Manchester City, the deal did not follow through with United rushing to put forward their bid of 25 million. Now that the deal has been made official, after 18 years, he is quite literally “coming home!”
Wow wow wow, he’s home@Cristiano
— Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford) August 27, 2021
The popular football club made their announcement on the 27th August stating there had been an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo listing his achievements to date. Even after signing for Juventus, multiple sources had noticed the rise of following on the Juventus social media pages, rising upto a staggering 1.5 million. The status that is carried with Ronaldo comes with a backlog of amazing work as he is known as the first player to win 3 major leagues (cristianoronaldo.com), he has also been part of the biggest games in history winning 30 major trophies, five UEFA Champion League titles, four FIFA Club World Cups, seven league titles in England, Spain and Italy, and the European Championship for his native Portugal (manchesterunited.com).
It is evident to say that this deal with Manchester United is an exciting one and fans are ecstatic to watch Ronaldo’s first game. Only yesterday, an article was again published on the Manchester United website apologising to fans for any frustration towards accessing tickets following the official announcement on Friday. For a limited time only, supporters can now join the Official Membership today using code RONALDO for a discount.
Let’s see how everyone reacts on social media for Ronaldo’s first game! Manchester United’s next game is on tonight against Wolverhampton at 7.30pm (Sky Sports) with Man U favoured to win.