Cristiano Ronaldo reignited the prospect of a bombshell at Manchester City two years after a poignant proposal.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was speculated to be joining the Premier League champions in 2021 after leaving Juventus.
Ronaldo is returned to Manchester United for a Rocky Spell moment, which lasts only one season and a part before its dramatic release.
He now plays for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, but has left the door open to move to the city despite his mythical prestige at United.
When he participated in the Globe Soccer Awards, Ronaldo invited through the presenter of CNN Sport, Amanda Davies, if he were willing to join.
“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 is going to happen,” Ronaldo replied, and Davies temporarily said, “that’s a no. “
Ronaldo laughed and smiled in response, with the previous football icon revealing main points about the possible movement to the city.
“Honestly, it’s close,” he told Piers Morgan in Talktv, before revealing what the mythical head of United, Alex Ferguson.
“He said to me that, ‘It’s impossible for you to come to Manchester City.’ And I said, ‘OK boss’, so I took the decision… I was with conscience, that it was a good decision.”
If Ronaldo did complete an unlikely move to City in the January transfer window, he would join a side currently enduring a dismal run of form.
City has won only twice in its last 14 games in all competitions, the moment of those who arrive in Leicester on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola had problems transforming his fortune despite so much success, but Ronaldo presented a solution.
“Probably say less and show up more, that’s what I would say,” he said when asked what he would say to the city’s players if he was there.
“I will push a few guys apart and say what I think, I don’t need to say in front of everybody.
“But I think the great teams, the great players, are smart enough for what the problem is, where the problem is. I’m sure, 100%, they’ll come back.
“Guardiola is a very intelligent coach and he knows where he comes from. They will be there, as always, so as I said, [the real] Madrid is the same.
“They have a little bit of difficulty in the beginning, some players, their adjustments, some positions, Mbappe, Vinicius, Rodrygo, whatever. But they will be back like always.”
City have moved back up to fifth thanks to the 2-0 win over Leicester, but can drop down again to sixth if Newcastle beat Man United.