Turnover, yellows, messages, respect in the locker room and the likes of his sister Katia: Cristiano came out reduced by the United disaster that would keep him out of the Europe that matters for the first time. But he remains a 24-goal striker. Here are the possible new destinations
You know the apocryphal sequel to the Wizard of Oz, that 70s film in which Dorothy returns to her fantasy world but finds only desolation, people turned to stone, screaming monsters and strange friends? Every now and then they show it on TV, they sell it as a fantasy for families but if you approach it as a child it is very scary. Here, the Ronaldo who returned to Manchester United after a year looks a lot like that Dorothy.
