Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Since Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United in 2009, there's been romanticism surrounding a possible homecoming.
While the five-time Ballon d'Or winner might finally be returning to Manchester this summer, it won't be to Old Trafford because the MEN understand rivals Manchester City have made progress in talks and the player is crucially understood to be open to the move.
Ronaldo, 36, has hit extravagant heights across his career - yet somehow he's still exceeded expectations - that most thought he would since his departure from United over a decade ago and he's sealed his reputation as one the game's all-time
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