FERGUSON HINTS AT RETURN FOR RONALDO
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SIR Alex Ferguson has opened the door to a sensational return to Manchester United for £80million golden boy Cristiano Ronaldo.The Old Trafford boss has maintained his close bond with the winger who developed into the best player in the world under Ferguson’s tutelage. Sir Alex – who admitted being disappointed for Ronaldo (right) after Real Madrid went crashing out of the Champions League in midweek – said: “Cristiano knows the value of Manchester United. That’s the thing. What the players have got here is protection. They come to training every day and there is nobody here to disturb them.
“I don’t think Real Madrid is an easy club to play for. There is a circus attached to it. There are often loads of fans and an intensive media always filming them.”
Ronaldo has confided to friends that he misses life at Old Trafford and in particular Ferguson’s guiding hand. Ferguson revealed: “You would like to think that one day he will come back, but you never know. I don’t think he will stay at Real Madrid for life or anything like that.
“There will be other challenges and he is that type of player who welcomes them.”
Despite their exit for the sixth season running at the last 16 knockout stage of the Champions League Real Madrid are neck and neck with Barcelona in the race to be crowned La Liga champions.
Even so the summer is likely to bring another change of manager while at Manchester United the Portuguese star was happy to work under one man, Ferguson.
Ferguson admitted: “I have a good bond with him. He is a good guy. I like Cristiano, he is as straight as a dye, a good personality, a good feller.”
Ferguson also knows that Ronaldo’s agent, the respected Jorge Mendes, was keen on the player remaining at Old Trafford but the pull of his boyhood favourite side was too much last summer.
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I think Ronny will eventually come back in a few years time after a fruitless spell at Spain.
