It goes without saying that Manchester United are one of the biggest football clubs in the world- but their fortunes weren’t always so secure, and their future was once hanging in the balance.
Cristiano Ronaldo's return may have seem unlikely for some fans but the team might not even exist in the form it is today, if not for a St Bernard who went missing.
It would spark a catalyst of events that ultimately brought them to the position of Premier League juggernauts known across the globe.
To understand how one dog could save a team from buckling under bankruptcy, we have to cast ourselves back to when the club were still in their infancy and didn't yet hold an internationally recognised name, or status.
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