Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free You know it's summer in Manchester not when the sun shines - that's a notoriously unreliable barometer around here after all - but when the chatter about Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Old Trafford begins.
Ever since Ronaldo left United for Real Madrid in 2009 there's been talk of a potential return. Often, during the Madrid years, that was impossible, despite talk of rifts and contract issues at the Bernabeu.
Three years ago he did leave the Spanish capital but Turin was the destination. A €100million transfer fee for a 33-year-old showed just how valuable Ronaldo was, on and off the pitch.
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