Cristiano Ronaldo: Raheem Sterling teases Jadon Sancho for always bringing up Man Utd star

Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Manchester United felt like a seminal moment.

After year upon year of unfounded speculation that ran into dead ends, supporters would be forgiven for thinking that Ronaldo returning to Old Trafford was nothing more than a pipe dream.

So, when exactly that transpired across a barmy few days in last summer’s transfer window, United fans hardly knew what to do with themselves as a five-time Ballon d’Or winner was parachuted into their dressing room.

Having finished second in the Premier League and come within a whisker of Europa League glory the previous season, surely Ronaldo – along with Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane – would be the final piece in the puzzle for United’s return to greatness?!

Ok, ok, so we know that things didn’t quite work out that way with the Red Devils slumping to their worst ever season in England’s top-flight since the 1992 rebrand despite Ronaldo’s best efforts.

As such, there’s something of an uneasy atmosphere hovering over the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ as uncertainty remains over whether or not the absence of Champions League football will drive Ronaldo out the exit.

But no matter what happens from here on out, the Old Trafford faithful will always be able to treasure the fact that Ronaldo returned home to where it all started, even if things didn’t quite prove to be the fairy tale that everyone was hoping for.

And no doubt simply having Ronaldo in and around the dressing room for at least a season will have been profitable for the other United players as they got to see one of the greatest athletes of all time in action.

Plus, well, it’s hardly a bad thing to tell the grandkids that you got the opportunity to rub shoulders with many fans’ pick for the finest