Cristiano Ronaldo To Wear Number 7 Shirt at Manchester United!
Cristiano Ronaldo To Wear Number 7 Shirt at Manchester United! The club legend will retain the number he was worn for about 20 years.
Cristiano Ronaldo To Wear Number 7 Shirt at Manchester United! The club legend will retain the number he was worn for about 20 years.
Manchester United have announced that their new signing Cristiano Ronaldo will retain the #7 shirt at the club. He will take the shirt from Edinson Cavani who will bear the number 21 shirt.
Ronaldo has built a brand for himself with his shirt number. CR7 has grown to be biggest brand a footballer has ever created.
There was an inquest as to which number Ronaldo would wear after he joins the club. The inquest is over as he will get what is his.
Back in 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo inherited the number 7 shirt from the iconic David Beckham. Already the number had already been worn by the likes of George Best, Bryan Robson, and Eric Cantona.
When he took it from the departed Beckham, Ronaldo took the shirt to heights it had never reached. By the tender age of 23 he was already a Ballon dβOr winner.
Since Ronaldo left the club in 2009, the shirt has been a bad omen to whomever had inherited it.
Striker Michael Owen was the first number 7 since Cristiano Ronaldo. The Englishman had past his peak and did not hit any heights with the shirt number.
Antonio Valencia then followed. After just one year he abandoned the #7 for #25.
Angel Di Maria was next in line. There was big hype after he arrived from Real Madrid, but the shirt was too big for him and left the club after only one season.
Memphis Depay signed and took on the #7 shirt. Just like Di Maria, he also left the club after only one season.
Alexis Sanchez was the next to attempt the #7 shirt. He had a torrid spell which saw him transfer to Inter Milan.
Edinson Cavani took the shirt last season and was the only player to be successful in the #7 shirt since CR7. The Uruguayan will go back to #21 and allow Ronaldo to wear whatβs his.
It is to be seen whether the Portuguese superstar will hit the same heights he did before he left the club. Cristiano Ronaldo To Wear Number 7 Shirt at Manchester United!
