Cristiano Ronaldo’s private jet mysteriously arrives in Manchester to spark wild speculation
Cristiano Ronaldo sparked a wave of speculation online after his private jet mysteriously turned up at Manchester airport on Friday. There could be little doubt who the Bombardier Global Express 6500 jet belonged to – given it features a ‘CR7’ logo and an image of Ronaldo’s iconic celebration. Ronaldo is a Man United legend but left the club in bitter circumstancesGetty And news of its arrival came straight from the horse’s mouth – with Manchester Airport posting a video of the Portugal superstar’s aircraft on their runway. However, they offered little by way of explanation, captioning the clip with two emojis – heart eyes and normal eyes. It begs two questions: is Ronaldo in Manchester – and if so – what is he doing there? The five-time Ballon d’Or winner left Manchester United after a second spell in January 2023, having fallen out with Erik ten Hag. Ronaldo joined Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr on an extraordinary £167.9million-a-year contract – and there is little suggestion the 40-year-old will move any time soon. Given his recent history at Old Trafford, and the fact United are laying off hundreds of staff to avoid financial disaster, pigs will fly before Ronaldo joins the club for a third time. That did not stop a number of Red Devils fans losing their minds on social media. “He is coming for one last dance,” one wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Ronaldo came close to joining arch-rivals Manchester City before his second spell at United – and some fans suggested he might finally be joining the blue half of the city. When appearing at the Globe Soccer Awards, Ronaldo was asked by CNN Sport presenter Amanda Davies if he would ever be willing to join City. “Is this the moment, Cristiano, that maybe you join up and give them a helping hand?” she asked. “I know we’ve talked about it in the past.” “Well in football, you never know what’s going to happen,” Ronaldo replied, with Davies quickly saying: “That’s not a no.” Others theorised that Ronaldo could be arriving to buy a stake in United – which seems equally unlikely. However, the Portuguese superstar recently said he would be able to fix United if he was the owner. “[The] Premier League it’s the most difficult league in the world,” he said at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards ceremony. “All the teams are good, all the teams fight, all the teams run, all the teams are strong. Football is different right now. There’s no easy games any more. Ronaldo is still banging in the goals despite entering his 40sGetty “They need, I said this one year and a half ago, and I will continue to say it: The problem is not the coaches, it’s like… I always give this example… it’s like an aquarium. “If you have the fish inside and he’s sick and you take him out and you fix the problem and you put him again in an aquarium you will be sick again. “The problem of Manchester United is the same. The problem is not always the coach. It’s much more than that.” He continued: “If I will be the owner of the club, I will make things clear and adjust things that are bad there.” Ronaldo has a number of business interests in Manchester, such as the CR7 Hotel project, which are far more likely to explain the sudden appearance of his private jet – but fans can dream. His partner Georgina Rodriguez has also been busy this week and on Friday, when the plane was spotted in Manchester, she was back in Jeddah. GettyDa Costa spoke to Rodriguez pre-race[/caption] GettyAnd Rodriguez then waved the chequered flag for the race[/caption] There she was attending the Formula E Grand Prix and took pictures with a host of drivers at the event. That including Portuguese star Antonio Felix da Costa, who she spoke to on the grid. While she also waved the chequered flag for the first race on Friday which was won by German star Max Gunther.
Cristiano Ronaldo sparked a wave of speculation online after his private jet mysteriously turned up at Manchester airport on Friday.
There could be little doubt who the Bombardier Global Express 6500 jet belonged to – given it features a ‘CR7’ logo and an image of Ronaldo’s iconic celebration.
And news of its arrival came straight from the horse’s mouth – with Manchester Airport posting a video of the Portugal superstar’s aircraft on their runway.
However, they offered little by way of explanation, captioning the clip with two emojis – heart eyes and normal eyes.
It begs two questions: is Ronaldo in Manchester – and if so – what is he doing there?
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner left Manchester United after a second spell in January 2023, having fallen out with Erik ten Hag.
Ronaldo joined Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr on an extraordinary £167.9million-a-year contract – and there is little suggestion the 40-year-old will move any time soon.
Given his recent history at Old Trafford, and the fact United are laying off hundreds of staff to avoid financial disaster, pigs will fly before Ronaldo joins the club for a third time.
That did not stop a number of Red Devils fans losing their minds on social media.
“He is coming for one last dance,” one wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Ronaldo came close to joining arch-rivals Manchester City before his second spell at United – and some fans suggested he might finally be joining the blue half of the city.
When appearing at the Globe Soccer Awards, Ronaldo was asked by CNN Sport presenter Amanda Davies if he would ever be willing to join City.
“Is this the moment, Cristiano, that maybe you join up and give them a helping hand?” she asked. “I know we’ve talked about it in the past.”
“Well in football, you never know what’s going to happen,” Ronaldo replied, with Davies quickly saying: “That’s not a no.”
Others theorised that Ronaldo could be arriving to buy a stake in United – which seems equally unlikely.
However, the Portuguese superstar recently said he would be able to fix United if he was the owner.
“[The] Premier League it’s the most difficult league in the world,” he said at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards ceremony.
“All the teams are good, all the teams fight, all the teams run, all the teams are strong. Football is different right now. There’s no easy games any more.
“They need, I said this one year and a half ago, and I will continue to say it: The problem is not the coaches, it’s like… I always give this example… it’s like an aquarium.
“If you have the fish inside and he’s sick and you take him out and you fix the problem and you put him again in an aquarium you will be sick again.
“The problem of Manchester United is the same. The problem is not always the coach. It’s much more than that.”
He continued: “If I will be the owner of the club, I will make things clear and adjust things that are bad there.”
Ronaldo has a number of business interests in Manchester, such as the CR7 Hotel project, which are far more likely to explain the sudden appearance of his private jet – but fans can dream.
His partner Georgina Rodriguez has also been busy this week and on Friday, when the plane was spotted in Manchester, she was back in Jeddah.
There she was attending the Formula E Grand Prix and took pictures with a host of drivers at the event.
That including Portuguese star Antonio Felix da Costa, who she spoke to on the grid.
While she also waved the chequered flag for the first race on Friday which was won by German star Max Gunther.
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