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He's back. Cristiano Ronaldo is on course to make his second Manchester United debut against Newcastle on Saturday - but what does the Portuguese forward's story at Old Trafford look like so far?
The 36-year-old forward made a sensational return to the club where he made a name for himself last month in a £19.8million move from Juventus - 12 years after he left the Premier League giants in a then-world-record £80million to Real Madrid.
Ronaldo's first spell at Old Trafford was nothing short of memorable. The skinny lad from Madeira turned into the world's best player in the space of half a decade, winning Premier League titles, European and world trophies along with individual honours such as the Ballon D'Or - all in emphatic and glorious fashion.
It was not all plain sailing for the Portuguese wonderkid at Old Trafford. It took his United side three years to wrestle the Premier League title away from Arsenal and Chelsea, there was the 2006 fall-out with team-mate Wayne Rooney after the pair clashed at the 2006 World Cup, while his final game for United ended on a sour note with the 2009 Champions League defeat to Barcelona.
The 36-year-old cuts a very different figure to the one that first arrived on English shores in 2003. His training images from this week show off a toned veteran who has travelled the world and won everything there is to win at eEurope's elite level.
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