{"id":121951,"date":"2021-08-31T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T11:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=121951"},"modified":"2021-08-31T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:57:18","slug":"ronaldo-breaks-silence-on-special-man-united-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=121951","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo breaks silence on &#039;special&#039; Man United return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo completed his return to Manchester United today after 12 years, saying the club always had &quot;a special place in my heart.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/football-world-reacts-to-cristiano-ronaldo-manchester-united-signing\/ed1487ec-429f-4b68-b6f5-acfada8cf788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"United announced last week that it struck an agreement with Juventus\">United announced last week that it struck an agreement with Juventus<\/a> to sign the five-time Ballon D&#x27;or winner and he has completed his medical examination and signed the two-year contract, with the option to extend for a further year.<\/p>\n<p>A fee of $24.2 million will be paid to Juventus over five years. That could be increased by $12.9 million depending on &quot;specific performance objectives&quot; the 36-year-old forward achieves.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Manchester United is a club that has always had a special place in my heart, and I have been overwhelmed by all the messages I have received since the announcement on Friday,&quot; Ronaldo said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I cannot wait to play at Old Trafford in front of a full stadium and see all the fans again. I&#x27;m looking forward to joining up with the team after the international games, and I hope we have a very successful season ahead.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTO-ldLgiVr\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-instagram\" data-show-caption=\"true\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTO-ldLgiVr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A title winner with Real Madrid and Juventus, Ronaldo won the English Premier League three times with United but the club hasn&#x27;t won the title since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He is not only a marvellous player, but also a great human being,&quot; manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;To have the desire and the ability to play at the top level for such a long period requires a very special person.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have no doubt that he will continue to impress us all and his experience will be so vital for the younger players in the squad. Ronaldo&#x27;s return demonstrates the unique appeal of this club and I am absolutely delighted he is coming home to where it all started.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"055c87a5-1197-4cbd-933f-dd63392a61de\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/055c87a5-1197-4cbd-933f-dd63392a61de\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United celebrates scoring their second goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Aston Villa at Old Trafford on April 5 2009, in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Peters\/Manchester United via Getty Images)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Transfer deadline day saw West Ham sign Croatia attacking midfielder Nikola Vlasic on a five-year deal from CSKA Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson signed a contract extension through 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old midfielder has 394 appearances since joining from Sunderland in 2011, scoring 30 goals and winning the Premier League, Champions League and Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cristiano Ronaldo completed his return to Manchester United today after 12 years, saying the club always had &quot;a special place in my heart.&quot; United announced <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=121951\" title=\"Ronaldo breaks silence on &#039;special&#039; Man United return\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121953,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121951\/revisions\/121953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}