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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Samuel Luckhurst

Erik ten Hag handles Cristiano Ronaldo as a Manchester United manager should in exchange vs Rayo Vallecano

The banner affixed to the second tier reads 'The King of the Stretford End', a homage to Denis Law. In Cristiano Ronaldo's words, he is The King.

Ronaldo promised 'the king' would play on Sunday. He did not just play, he started. Ronaldo lasted 45 minutes on his first appearance for Manchester United in 12 weeks.

The last word Ronaldo uttered that afternoon at Brighton was "bye". It would have been a fitting epitaph yet the king is not dead and long may he reign, if his fanbase is anything to go by.

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