Cristiano Ronaldo; How My history Counts with Alex Ferguson

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Welcome to Afric tv24's Football Update - It is 10 years to the day that Manchester United raised eyebrows by splashing out £12.24million to pluck an 18-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro from Sporting Lisbon and promptly handed their first ever Portuguese player the No 7 shirt vacated by David Beckham.

It is 10 years to the day that Manchester United raised eyebrows by splashing out £12.24million to pluck an 18-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro from Sporting Lisbon and promptly handed their first ever Portuguese player the No 7 shirt vacated by David Beckham.

Ronaldo won the FA Cup alongside Ruud van Nistelrooy when they beat Millwall 3-0

Wayne Rooney getting to grips with Ronaldo before he had signed for Manchester United

Ronaldo grabs a goal in the FA Cup semi-final against Newcastle

Ronaldo's season ended in disgrace when he got Wayne Rooney sent off in the 2006 World Cup

2005/06

As the maturing continued, the goal tally increased, and comparisons with United legend George Best also began to surface.

Ronaldo enjoyed the dubious honour of being sent off in the derby against Manchester City for a lunge on Andy Cole, his first straight red in United colours, while there was also a training ground bust-up with Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Off the field there was tragedy and scandal. Ronaldo’s father died from an alcoholism-related liver condition at the age of 52 in September while a month later he was arrested on suspicion of rape, although the case was subsequently dropped. That new deal was clinched, designed to keep him at Old Trafford until 2010.

Penalty shootout- He did celebrate winning the Champions League when they beat Chelsea in the final