Anticipation is mounting ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo's second coming at Manchester United.
The Portuguese superstar has returned to Old Trafford 12 years on from his £80million sale to Real Madrid and is poised to pull on the red shirt again in the coming days.
It could come against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon or away to Young Boys in the Champions League next Tuesday night depending on the 36-year-old's fitness levels.
Cristiano Ronaldo is poised to make his second debut for Man United, 12 years after leaving
Ronaldo started training with the United squad on Tuesday at their Carrington HQ
The Portuguese star had been in quarantine at his Cheshire home after returning to the club
Ronaldo trained with some of the United squad for the first time on Tuesday having been in Covid quarantine at his Cheshire mansion for five days after arriving in the UK.
But he will only have a limited number of training sessions with most of his new team-mates, who have largely been on international duty, ahead of Saturday's match.
Newcastle will breathe a huge sigh of relief if Ronaldo plays no part because they are one of the teams he has punished most often in the past.
Ronaldo has scored six goals and contributed five assists in 11 previous encounters with the Toon, including a sensational hat-trick in a 6-0 thumping at Old Trafford back in January 2008.
But remarkably there are quite a few other English clubs who've suffered more at the hands of Ronaldo and will have every reason to fear his return to the Premier League.
Tottenham are thoroughly sick of the sight of him after 10 goals and five assists in 18 previous meetings - six of those goals were for United and then four in four Champions League games when at Real Madrid.
Ronaldo has a very good scoring record against Newcastle, who won't be pleased to see him
He has scored 10 career goals against Tottenham, including two in a 5-2 win back in 2009
Ronaldo also scored four times against Spurs in Europe when a Real Madrid player
United fans will recall with fondness his double in a stirring comeback win against Spurs at Old Trafford en route to the title in 2009. United trailed 2-0 until the 57th minute before smashing in five goals.
Aston Villa, whom United host at the end of September, have seen Ronaldo score nine times past them in 14 previous games and there was only one occasion when he failed to emerge on the winning side.
It is often forgotten after Federico Macheda's famous last-gasp winner, but it is Ronaldo who scored twice in United's dramatic 3-2 win over Villa as they closed in on the title in 2009.
He has scored seven times against each of Fulham and Wigan Athletic but that
