Manchester United have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo WILL put on the long-lasting quantity 7 shirt after his return to the membership in a sensational switch this summer time.
After United unveiled the 36-year-old star in a shocking deal final week, hypothesis had surrounded whether or not the Portuguese icon would even be reunited with the well-known quantity 7 shirt he wore throughout his first spell with the membership.
Edinson Cavani had been allotted the quantity forward of the season, with the Premier League web site confusingly itemizing each the Uruguayan and Ronaldo as No.7 for United – with some reviews claiming that it might be unimaginable for the membership handy Ronaldo the quantity on account of league guidelines.
Nonetheless, the Previous Trafford membership confirmed on Thursday that CR7 would not must rethink his trademark.
𝙉𝙤𝙬 it's official 😍
7️⃣ @Cristiano#MUFC | #RonaldoReturns
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 2, 2021
“Manchester United can affirm that Cristiano Ronaldo will put on the long-lasting no.7 shirt after returning to Previous Trafford,” the membership mentioned in an announcement.
“The Portuguese celebrity famously wore the legendary shirt quantity throughout his first spell at United and we are able to now affirm that Ronaldo may have it on his again as soon as once more…”
“As everyone knows, the no. 7 is a particular quantity within the historical past of United,” the assertion added.
“It has beforehand been worn by membership icons like George Finest, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona and David Beckham. Now, it returns to the person who succeeded Beckham in it, Ronaldo.”
In a pleasant contact of symmetry, soccer statisticians picked up on the truth that Ronaldo can be the seventh participant to put on the quantity seven shirt since he departed the membership for Actual Madrid in 2009.
Cristiano Ronaldo will change into the seventh participant to put on Manchester United's No. 7 shirt since Cristiano Ronaldo.
— Richard Jolly (@RichJolly) September 2, 2021
Clearing up the thriller of what would occur with Cavani, United prompt the Uruguayan had graciously given up his quantity to the five-time Ballon d’Or winner.
“Ronaldo inherits the quantity from Edinson Cavani, who wore the shirt final season and in our away win at Wolverhampton Wanderers final weekend,” mentioned the membership.
“As our new signing is allotted no.7, El Matador will swap to no.21, the identical quantity our prolific striker wears for the Uruguayan nationwide crew.”
The quantity 21 shirt was vacated at United when Daniel James left for Leeds this week, and Ronaldo thanked his new teammate for making the swap.
“I wasn’t positive if it might be potential to have the quantity seven shirt once more. So I want to say an enormous thanks to Edi [Cavani] for this unbelievable gesture,” he was quoted as saying on United’s in-house TV channel.
Such is Ronaldo’s connection to the quantity 7 shirt – and the business worth it carries – it’s reported to be the primary time the Premier League has granted dispensation for a membership to modify as soon as one other participant has already been registered with a quantity.
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Throughout his first spell at United between 2003 and 2009, Ronaldo helped the membership to a hat-trick of Premier League titles in addition to the Champions League – selecting up his first Ballon d’Or alongside the best way.
The prolific Portuguese struck 118 objectives in 292 appearances, a tally he’ll remember to add to now that he’s returning to his former stomping floor.
Ronaldo has cited the affect of former supervisor Sir Alex Ferguson in persuading him to go for a United return from Juventus, after the star was mentioned to be on the verge of becoming a member of bitter crosstown rivals Manchester Metropolis.
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Ronaldo is ready to hitch up with United early after leaving worldwide obligation with Portugal, having picked up a yellow card in Wednesday’s last-gasp win towards Eire, ruling the skipper out of the sport with Azerbaijan.
The yellow card got here when Ronaldo whipped off his shirt in celebration at scoring an injury-time winner towards the Irish.
That was his second late objective of the sport, having earlier scored within the 89th minute to interrupt the all-time worldwide goalscoring document and transfer onto 110 objectives for his nation.
That tally grew to become 111 along with his 96th-minute winner.
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