C Ronaldo joined Manchester United Insider: not in the top 4 salary cut of 25%, at that time felt that Manchester City or not to give the main force

Led by Adam Crafton, an independent investigative journalist at Athletic UK, TA has interviewed a number of sources with close ties to the dressing room and management, detailing the story behind the return of Ronaldo, one of the most famous players in United history.

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Ta interviewed some people who spend their days with Cristiano Ronaldo every day, and not everyone thinks he has caused problems for Manchester United. One coach recently revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo is a first-class role model and believes the players are fulfilling his promises, and the source concluded: "It's the others who haven't done what they should have done." ”

His words are indeed traceable, Ronaldo devoted himself to training, maintained good physical condition, and scored important goals for Manchester United in key moments. Cristiano Ronaldo also has reason to point out that he scored goals in the Premier League against Newcastle, West Ham, Tottenham, Arsenal and Norwich, as well as in the Champions League group stage.

Ta can reveal that if Manchester United can not reach the top four, Ronaldo's salary will drop by 25%, and Mendes's brokerage company has no objection to the contract conditions offered by Manchester United. Any discussion about Cristiano Ronaldo should take into account the fact that Manchester United players have been underperforming in this extreme season, with sources saying: "Look at the team, can you find a player who has no problems?" Whether it's status, injuries, contracts, team spirit or overall quality, United are somehow exhausted. "Manchester United are full of abnormal people, Europa League sequelae, new signings who are struggling, bench players who want to go, and people whose contracts are about to expire.

Although Ronaldo often has a flash of inspiration, The overall performance of Manchester United is really unsustainable. It should be said that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team had this trend before the arrival of C Ronaldo, but after C Ronaldo joined, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's collapse was shocking.

Ta can reveal that Woodward recommended C Ronaldo, who promoted the introduction of Manchester United boss Glazer family, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made a phone call to Woodward, and the manager nodded in agreement with the transfer. The Glazer family has a first-hand understanding of how an elderly star can motivate a sports team, such as the Super Bowl miracle created by the then 42-year-old Brady, and United hope Ronaldo will have a similar impact.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's interest in Ronaldo's signing is mixed: ; Some sources familiar with the club believe he sees the potential consequences of Ronaldo joining as a derailment of a team with young attacking players at its core. However, other sources at the club insist that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is definitely the main driver of the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo and that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had hoped for his return to Manchester United a year ago. He even once told a group of fans that he thought Cristiano Ronaldo was the best player the club had ever had.

In fact, anyone who sees the real meaning in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's eyes at the press conference knows that Manchester United have beaten Manchester City. Earlier in the same week, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and senior members of his coaching staff held a meeting in which they agreed that United could not let Cristiano Ronaldo join city rivals.

At the same time, although Ronaldo and Manchester City negotiated and gave Juventus teammates the impression that he would sign for Manchester City, in fact, Ronaldo was worried that he might not get a starting guarantee at Manchester City. Ta can also reveal that Manchester City's doubts about the transfer have deepened, because they originally expected Thatring to leave the team to join Barcelona to make room for Cristiano Ronaldo, but Sterling decided to stay.

And City have not found the right buyer to buy players like Mahrez and Bernardo Silva, who were expected to sell these two players, plus Sterling, to free up space for Cristiano Ronaldo.' But in the end, The City side backfired, so Guardiola doubted whether there was a place for Ronaldo in the Manchester City squad. Sources from City said they had withdrawn from Ronaldo's deal, which United believed was meant to save face.

Ta contacted Ronaldo agent Mendes directly, but Mendes declined to comment.

Ferguson, who is now a member of the inactive United's largely inactive Football Board, also called Joel Glazer and Ronaldo's agent Mendes. However, there is also news that before the end of the transfer, the former Manchester United meritorious manager did not talk to Ronaldo, but in the end, Ronaldo told Ferguson about the transfer on his Instagram page.

At 4.53pm on 27 August, United announced the return of Cristiano Ronaldo, signing from Juventus for a transfer fee of £12.8 million a player who scored 118 goals in 292 appearances for United between 2003 and 2009. United's official tweet has been retweeted 840,000 times and garnered 1.9 million likes.

Manchester United then ambitiously brought in Real Madrid centre-back Varane and Dortmund all-rounder Sancho, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Cristiano Ronaldo have a good relationship, and there are also Carrick, Fletcher and others familiar to Cristiano Ronaldo in the coaching team, when Ronaldo arrives in Manchester, it is Fletcher who greets him at the airport, it seems that everything will be on the right track.