12 years. The fans have waited 12 years as they long hoped that their star player could return to their favourite club. The hope started to look like a far-fetched dream but a dramatic turn of events in the past 24 hours has meant that Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Manchester United as they finalised the transfer deal with Juventus FC, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa, and medical.
"Everyone at the club looks forward to welcoming Cristiano back to Manchester," United added in its statement.
Ronaldo, who left for Real Madrid in 2009 played for the United for six seasons from 2003 to 2009. Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 292 games for the men in red and won eight major titles along with the prestigious Ballon d'Or in 2008 while taking home the Premier League Golden Boot in the 2007-08 season.
While many people felt bad for the Juventus fans, a club whom Ronaldo had called his family once but on the other hand, there were several reactions from the Manchester United fans as most of them were excited, happy, many of them got emotional and said that they were tears and have waited for this day for 12 years.
In the past 24 hours, there were speculations that Ronaldo could be signed by Manchester City and could be with the blues for the upcoming season, however, a day later the 36-year old has gon to Manchester but with the Red Devils.
There were thousands of reactions. One fan wrote, "HE IS BACK. I fell in love with football because of him. I fell in love with Man United because of him. I'm so glad he's back. I cannot control my tears. I cannot control my emotions, I've already lost my voice. I can't handle this. "
Another fan called it the greatest day ever saying that Ronaldo made him fell in love with football and he is back in red.
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