The excitement greeting the
Manchester United icon has a complicating factor. How do we navigate this part of the story?
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Cristiano Ronaldo may well make his return for Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday. On the pitch or not – every camera will be fixed on him. Every stretch. Every light jog. Every side-foot pass. Every stepover. Every perfect header.
Whether he is what Manchester United need is a different question, but for the club and the
Premier League it is an incredible signing. Thirty-six years old, still
BREAKING records, still generating the headlines, still demanding the shirt numbers.