Manchester United's announcement of their re-signing of Cristiano Ronaldo last summer sent reverberations around football. The tweet which announced the transfer quickly became the most-liked tweet from a sporting organisation ever and it was made even sweeter for the five-time Ballon d'Or winner by surpassing Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi announcement tweet.
There have been 450 days since Ronaldo's return was announced and the club are now rapidly gaining likes on social media again, but on this occasion, it has been Tuesday evening's announcement of the player's departure that has caused the interactions.
United confirmed that Ronaldo is to leave the club by mutual agreement with immediate effect on Tuesday and within 30 minutes the tweet had exploded to amass 225,000 likes, which suggests it might eventually set yet another Twitter record.
