To enter a new club and take on the biggest name there is particularly daunting, factor in the new club being Manchester United and the name Cristiano Ronaldo and you start to appreciate just what Erik ten Hag has managed.
Few could forget the fanfare and adulation that greeted Ronaldo's Old Trafford reunion - the prodigal son had returned, with Sir Alex Ferguson watching on from the stands like a proud father.
To many inside the ground and the millions watching at home, after years in the proverbial wilderness - Ronaldo's presence was the first step back for a Red Devils side looking to be restored to its former glories. A debut brace against Newcastle only strengthened that feeling, but slowly things were to unravel.
