Keeping Ronaldo the deal of the summer

August 8, 2008
By Dale Johnson
Sir Alex Ferguson was always confident he would get his way despite constant reports of Real Madrid's interest, and in keeping Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford he may just have pulled off the most important deal of his long United tenure.

The fact that the Portuguese winger will miss the first two months of the season pales into insignificance when you consider the impact he could have upon his return. United fans may have claimed there was a ready made replacement waiting in the proverbial ...

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Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Position last season: Champions

Nickname: Red Devils

Ground: Old Trafford

Capacity: 76,100

Players in: Davide Petrucci (Roma, £200,000)

Players out: Gerard Pique (Barcelona, £6m), Kieran Lee (Oldham, free), Chris Eagles (Burnley, £1.25m), Conor McCormack (Triestina, free), Ritchie Jones (Hartlepool, free), Danny Simpson (Blackburn, loan), Craig Cathcart (Plymouth, loan), Lee Martin (Nottm Forest, loan)

Key man: Wayne Rooney

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