Cristiano Ronaldo was able to return to United in 2018, but José Mourinho rejected him

The striker Cristiano Ronaldo is going through a new stage at Manchester United, a club with which he achieved glory in his first years as a professional. The return of the Portuguese to the Premier League, after more than a decade, generated great joy in the fans of the ‘Red Devils’, although recently it was known that the return could be earlier.

According to English sports media TalkSport, ‘CR7 ′ had the opportunity to play again at Old Trafford in the 2018-19 season, after his departure from Real Madrid. However, at that time, according to the aforementioned media, coach José Mourinho rejected the option of signing the attacker, despite having managed and achieved success together in the ‘Merengue’ store.

“Discussions began several years ago about a possible return of Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester United. In reality, this could happen when he left Madrid, being in a great moment”, Were the first words offered by Jim White, who runs the renowned news channel in England.

“Finally, the agreement was not made because José Mourinho clarified that the team, at that stage, had other priorities”Assured the driver. It is worth mentioning that in that transfer window, Fred was the most outstanding signing of the ‘Red Devils’: he arrived from Shakthar in Ukraine for 59 million euros.

Goalkeeper Lee Grant and defender Diogo Dalot were the other reinforcements of ‘Mou’ for his third year at the helm of the institution, which he could not complete. The poor results of the squad at the start of the different competitions determined the coach’s departure in December 2018.

For his part, in that transfer market for the start of the 2018-19 season, Cristiano Ronaldo reached an agreement with Juventus of Italy, a club where he had three seasons, before returning to the Premier League. During that time, he scored 101 goals in 134 games, showing that he was still in force.