Will Ronaldo move back to the city of Manchester?

A believe so strong among the Manchester United supporters is that Ronaldo from Portugal will set foot at Old Trafford once again and this time not as an opponent, but as  one of their own.

The transfer window comes every year, just like a hurricane sweeping the shores first, rumors start with Ronaldo no longer being happy at Madrid and is set to join the Red Devils. This has now become part of tradition.

Only Cristiano Ronaldo knows where his future lies 

 When did these rumors really mean he is leaving?

Just like David De Gea in the summer transfer window of 2015, Ronaldo at the end of 2007-2008 Premier League season had become absolutely sure he was moving to Real Madrid. He was all over the news and despite of all the gossip, he stayed at United for another year.

The next season after losing the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League final to Barcelona, he finally decided to join Real Madrid for a whopping 80 million pounds (a world record transfer fee then). This was the only transfer window when news surfaced in abundance about Ronaldo joining another team turned true.

Since then, every year United faithful believe that he will come back. In 2014, Los Blancos were playing at Villarreal's E Madrigal stadium, when a supporters group named United Reel went to an extent, they sent an aircraft over the stadium with the message "COME HOME RONALDO - UNITED REEL" written on the banner.

Manchester United will never forget Ronaldo, a staunch truth

Events happened this year suggesting why Ronaldo will leave Los Merengues

Is Rafael Benítez the right man?: Team manager/coach Rafael Benítez is facing heavy criticism in his short spell of 12 league games in the on-going 2015-2016 La Liga season. His defensive approach earned him initial applause, since Real looked solid at the back and were not conceding a lot of goals.

But tables have turned for Benítez, since his side succumbed to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Sevilla. A 0-4 thrashing in the El Clásico, at Real Madrid's home stadium Santiago Bernabéu certainly did not heal any wounds, and recent newspaper speculations suggest that Ronaldo is furious and has told his teammates, “Either he (Benítez)  goes, or I go”.

Florentino Pérez, the modern day Al Capone: Often a player in the footballing world is credited with the tag line, one man army. At Real Mardrid its Florentino Pérez’s way or the highway, President of this team since June 2009, was recently seen to question the loyalty of the Portuguese national team captain. Ronaldo was greeted by Perez before 2015-16 UEFA Champions League group stage tie against PSG. Perez questioned Ronaldo about his claims of moving on reported by German magazine Kicker and followed it by what seemed a slap to make him understand who the boss is. Ronaldo responded to this by raising his voice, “What did I say? I never said that. I said it differently”.

This is not a football team, it’s Galácticos: Again the protagonist is not Ronaldo but Florentino Pérez. Mesut Ozil, Clarence Seedorf, Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Luis Figo, Gonzalo Higuain, Claude Makelele, Iker Casillas and Ángel Di María to name few superstars who were asked to pack their bags and leave Real Madrid. Ronaldo would not want something similar to happen to him. Recently Madrid's shot stopper Keylor Navas was used as bait to lure in Manchester United goal keeper David De Gea. Only at Madrid this could happen, if Perez says you are out, that means, you are not a Galactico anymore.

Louis van Gaal desperately in need of a hitman: 60 or more goals in each of the last four calendar years- this is Cristiano Ronaldo. LVG clearly needs a prolific striker because Manchester United is struggling to find goals. United has young potential game changers in Memphis Depay, Anthony Martial, Andreas Pereira, Jesse Lingard and under Ronaldo they might go on to replicate the success of Class of ’92. He might well bring back the aura of Eric Cantona United always missed.

Why Ronaldo might be happy at Real Madrid and not ready to join Manchester United?

Florentino Pérez, President of Real Madrid gets what he wants

Al Capone returns as Godfather: Vicente del Bosque, Carlos Queiroz, José Antonio Camacho, Mariano García Remón, Vanderlei Luxemburgo , Juan Ramón López Caro, Fabio Capello, Bernd Schuster, Juande Ramos, Manuel Pellegrini, José Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti – 12 managers who were sacked in the last 17 years in the history of Real Madrid. Barring Ramón López, Capello and Schuster, Florentino Pérez was involved in all the casualties. These managers escaped his wrath because Pérez was hibernating from February 2006 to June 2009 (he resigned in 2006 but was reappointed as President of Real Madrid in 2009).

Lucky for some but unlucky for many – will Rafael Benítez be the 13^th manager sacked. If Ronaldo wants him to go out, Perez might happily oblige given his track record.

Jorge Mendes Represents Ronaldo: Until Mendes confirms, anything and everything related to Ronaldo is false. Mendes is not only a super-agent of Ronaldo, but his best friend too. Mendes recognizes Ronaldo to be his spiritual son. They are indeed close; recently Ronaldo bought Mendes an island on his wedding. United fans, bad news for you is, Mendes recently talked about Ronaldo future to a French TV channel and he said, "It's impossible.  He will end his career at Real Madrid."

Conclusion:

Let’s see, a transfer takes time, like LVG says, it’s a process.