Shares in Manchester United have soared by 8 per cent as a consequence of Cristiano Ronaldo's return to the club.
On Friday afternoon United announced that they have agreed a deal to bring the 36-year-old back to Old Trafford.
That gave a major boost to the shares of United, which is publicly traded in the United States, as reported by CNN.
Undoubtedly one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo is hugely popular on social media - he has 334 million Instagram followers and 93.7 million Twitter followers.
In the two hours after the announcement regarding Ronaldo United saw their amount of Instagram followers rise from 43.1 million to 44.3 million.
Ronaldo enjoyed much success during his initial spell at United from 2003 to 2009, winning the Champions League, three Premier League titles, the FA Cup and the League Cup. He scored 118 goals in 292 games.
United have agreed to pay Juventus an initial fee of £12.8million for Ronaldo plus almost £7million in add-ons.
The Portugal international is expected to sign a two-year contract at United.
Ronaldo had been heavily linked with a move to United's rivals Manchester City but instead elected to return to his former club.
Neurer
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Welcome to Man United
Neurer
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I knew Ronaldo will never betrayed Manchester United
KingJerryTheGreat
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We call that the GOAT EFFECT 🐐. What's even funnier is on the AF article about Ronaldo's move to ManU, it went passed 4,400 comments. He's a GOAT in EVERYTHING....
azmotsamar
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After Champions League qualification results, UEFA have confirmed the Portuguese league has overtaken Ligue 1 as the 5th best league in the world, meaning Lionel Messi no longer plays his football in a top 5 league… 😳 The difference between my Real Goat 🐐 and your goat. He is playing for top 1 league out of top 5 Europe league 💪💪 while your goat 🦴 out of Europe top5 league 🤣🖕.
KingJerryTheGreat
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Why are we all forgetting the most important thing here. It's Cristiano Ronaldo will LEARN alot from lord Lingardinho the One and Only....
KingJerryTheGreat
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Haters Once said that Ronaldo is finished. And here he is still Rocking the Social Media with Glory in whatever he does. Even at 36 years, he's still playing at the Number 1 TOP LEAGUE....
RawBeen2K20
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Only Ronaldo is left from Manchester United's legendary 2008 Team, and returned like a champion at age of 36🏴⚡️🤫
shollyboro
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Hmmm what about this
Desmondeyum
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Nemanja Matic's post following the Ronaldo news... 😂
Wonbceoryz
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After Champions League qualification results, UEFA have confirmed the Portuguese league has overtaken Ligue 1 as the 5th best league in the world, meaning Lionel Messi no longer plays his football in a top 5 league… 😳 The difference between my Real Goat 🐐 and your goat. He is playing for top 1 league out of top 5 Europe league 💪💪 while your goat 🦴 out of Europe top5 league 🤣🖕.
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Ronaldo left for MU after he saw the UCL draw. I mean we all know he wants to statpad against Young Boys. But don't forget Ronaldo is still the biggest flop in Serie A history.
wiubkrsty
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After Champions League qualification results, UEFA have confirmed the Portuguese league has overtaken Ligue 1 as the 5th best league in the world, meaning Lionel Messi no longer plays his football in a top 5 league… 😳 The difference between my Real Goat 🐐 and your goat. He is playing for top 1 league out of top 5 Europe league 💪💪 while your goat 🦴 out of Europe top5 league 🤣🖕.
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you all where the one who wanted him to leave now that he has left now you all are saying he went to Farmers leaque remember your Ronaldo almost distroy juve before leaving
Dhruv0010
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After Champions League qualification results, UEFA have confirmed the Portuguese league has overtaken Ligue 1 as the 5th best league in the world, meaning Lionel Messi no longer plays his football in a top 5 league… 😳 The difference between my Real Goat 🐐 and your goat. He is playing for top 1 league out of top 5 Europe league 💪💪 while your goat 🦴 out of Europe top5 league 🤣🖕.
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See this hater😂