Rio Ferdinand revealed he got straight on the phone to Cristiano Ronaldo as soon as he learned of his links to Manchester City.
Ronaldo looked destined for a move to the blue half of Manchester until Friday afternoon, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer openly talked up the prospects of him returning to Old Trafford before City withdrew their interest.
United then sensationally confirmed the transfer on Friday afternoon, saying: ‘Everyone at the club looks forward to welcoming Cristiano back to Manchester.’
Ferdinand explained that Ronaldo’s head ‘was all over the place’ earlier in the week as he looked to sort out his future away from Juventus in what has been a whirlwind couple of days for the Portugal star.
Rio Ferdinand revealed he called up Cristiano Ronaldo about his links to Manchester City
‘I rang him straight away,’ Ferdinand said on his . ‘I said “what is going on? Tell me you’re lying.”
‘At that time, we were seeing in the media and I don’t think City had bid but conversations were being had and City were showing their hand.
‘You can’t sit here and go ‘it weren’t happening’ – there is no smoke without fire. (I said to Ronaldo) “tell me you ain’t going there , tell me – I know you ain’t going there”. I’ve got it on my phone. I was trying to get every type of “no, no, no, no, no” in the conversation.
‘I’m like all the fans, exactly the same. I was like “can you speak? Let me speak to you quickly”. I don’t want my kids seeing Ronaldo run out in a Manchester City kit.
‘I think the main thing is head was all over the place. There was never any point, after the initial scare, that my heart rate got to those levels again.’
Ferdinand said he felt much calmer after speaking to Ronaldo about his next move
United have since confirmed Ronaldo’s return, subject to a medical and personal terms
For all the fears among United fans that Ronaldo was going to be turning out in Manchester blue, Ferdinand explained that there was a circumstance where he would have been prepared to accept Ronaldo at City.
‘The players do respect and understand the fans but at the same time it is a business,’ Ferdinand said. ‘Players have to be business-minded about this situation.
‘And at the end of the day, if City are in for Ronaldo that has to be looked at. That is a fact. If they are the only club in for Ronaldo that can buy him and get in that ball-park then as an ex-United player and team-mate of Ronaldo’s, I’d respect that.
‘I wouldn’t like it, I’d been going crazy like any fan but at the end of the day what do you want him to do?
‘The difference is if Man United are at the table and City are at the table and then he chose to go to City. That’s when you are in your rights to be peed off.
‘I know for a fact if United come to the table talking about Ronaldo and you have other teams sitting there, his head ain’t getting turned. He’s not that type of guy. He understands and respects his legacy.’
Ferdinand spoke on how he thinks Sir Alex Ferguson would have felt about Ronaldo at City
Ferdinand was quizzed on what Sir Alex Ferguson would have thought about Ronaldo joining City.
‘Everything I just said,’ Ferdinand replied. ‘He would have hated to see Ronaldo in a Manchester City shirt, just like any other person connected for a long time at this football club.
supporters, meanwhile, have lauded ‘agent’ Ferdinand after their former defender appeared to confirm was set for an emotional return.
And Ferdinand looked to have been ahead of the news from the start, having posted a cryptic tweet which immediately sparked a wild reaction online.
After it surfaced that United are closing in on the superstar, he followed up his first post with a video showing him breaking into an all-knowing and cheeky grin.
Ferdinand posted a video of him grinning after teasing Ronaldo’s Manchester United reunion
In the replies, United fans have, unsurprisingly, been reduced to hysterics with many pleading for Ferdinand to be recognised for any part he has played in the move.
‘Rio Ferdinand statute outside Old Trafford is needed right now,’ one user has said.
‘Agent Rio I love you forever,’ another added.
England cricketer Sam Billings also used the same moniker for Ferdinand, writing: ‘Agent Rio… never in doubt!’
YouTuber Yung Chip, meanwhile, simply said: ‘I love you’.
An initial cryptic tweet from Ferdinand on Friday morning had sent United fans into meltdown
United supporters even jokingly called for Ferdinand to have a statue built outside Old Trafford
The praise kept on coming, with a fifth user posting: ‘I am crying my heart out.’
‘You really got us [Raphael] Varane and Ronaldo in this window ffs, how can we repay you?’ another supporter wrote.
A seventh cheekily said: ‘Best defending of your career was tackling that ridiculous City move.’
‘You personally called him, didn’t you?’ another overawed fan asked.
Another stunned fan admitted they were ‘crying their heart out’ with Ronaldo set to come back
Ronaldo waved goodbye to his Juventus team-mates with a brief 40-minute trip to their training ground today, when it had appeared that a switch to City beckoned.
Heading across to join the blue half of Manchester threatened to mar the memories from Ronaldo’s first spell at United, but City have now pulled out.
Before that explosively broke into the public eye, Ferdinand tweeted a picture of Leonardo Di Caprio from the 2013 film The Great Gatsby.
His agent, Jorge Mendes, was in talks with City, but Juventus wanting £25million to green light the
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