This summer has been all about Lionel Messi. The Argentine’s future has been uncertain ever since the final game of last season, with his contract expiring while he was leading Argentina to the Copa America, their first major title since 1993. He made headlines at the beginning of August when he sensationally left Barcelona, the club of his life, for Paris Saint-Germain on a free.
Manchester United's post announcing the return of Cristiano Ronaldo has the most likes from any sports club at 12.5M and counting 🤯 pic.twitter.com/IdrKOtlHLl
— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 28, 2021
As ever, where Messi makes headlines a certain Cristiano Ronaldo will never be far away. And so it proved this week. The Portuguese – who had a pretty good summer himself, winning the Golden Boot at Euro 2020 as Portugal made it to the last 16 – has left Juventus for his old club Manchester United for a fee in the region of €30m. Cristiano is two years older than Messi, and isn’t as fearsome a prospect any longer. But it’s still made waves.
Quite a wave, in fact. United’s tweet, where they announced the signature of the Real Madrid legend, has become the most-liked post from a sports team in the history of Instagram. It was at 12.5m late on Saturday evening, a remarkable achievement. Cristiano brings undoubted media interest and intrigue; Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his team will hope he can deliver goals, too.
Hello Everyone my name is Patrick from Nigeria, I think Cristiano coming back to Manchester United will make a great impact for the team people saying Manchester United should not have resigned him will turn around at the end of the day
Hello my dear people in nigeria. My name is patrick temidayo. This is a great and amazing history of this super star, christiano ronaldo in the history of football in manchester united. I hope this man will make great impart for us in united. Let begin to support and pray to let us win trophy in this time again. May GOD Be with us.
Helo everybody out there! Am EDMUND from Uganda and am very happy for CR7 to come back at OT. May GOD bless him abundantly since he is the most wise footballer in the whole world.
CR7 returning to united is a positive one mark my words
Cr7 is the most influential player on earth and I think his love for man u is genuine,,,, thanks for coming back and more records await you to be broken by you positive vibes