Cristiano Ronaldo sent a message to his new Manchester United teammates after his return to Old Trafford, telling them ‘we need to win the Premier League’.
The Portuguese forward secured a stunning return to United last week after deciding to leave Juventus and pulling out of a move to Man City.
Ronaldo spent six years at Old Trafford earlier in his career, scoring more than 100 goals for the club and winning three Premier League titles and a Champions League.
However, Ronaldo went on to enjoy more individual and collective success at Real Madrid – lifting four more Champions Leagues and winning five Ballon d’Or awards – and wants to add to his trophies during his second spell at United.
According to The Sun, Ronaldo contacted the Red devils squad after his return was confirmed and told them: ‘We need to win the Premier League’.
United finished second in the league last campaign – 12 points behind Man City – and have taken seven points from their first three matches of this season.
Ronaldo was close to joining Man City before some United legends – including Sir Alex Ferguson – intervened and convinced him to return to the Theatre of Dreams.
Ronaldo arrived in Manchester on Thursday and was greeted at a private terminal by Darren Fletcher, his former teammate and the club’s technical director.
Meanwhile, Harry Maguire has hailed Ronaldo’s ‘amazing’ return to United and says they have signed ‘the greatest player to play the game’.
‘It’s amazing,’ the defender told reporters at a press conference ahead of England’s World Cup victory over Hungary on Thursday.
‘Obviously, I’m away with England at the moment so my focus is on the game tomorrow.
‘But for him to sign back for the club… for me, he’s the greatest player to play the game so it’s amazing to have him at the club and I’m sure he’s going to have a huge impact on and off the field and many players can look, learn and improve.
‘Obviously, he’s going to improve our team as well with his goalscoring record so it’s amazing to have him at the club. I’m looking forward to meeting him in a few days.’
