Cristiano Ronaldo is on his way out of Manchester United to Real Madrid and he did not even have to resort to labelling himself a slave this year.
So was he effectively only ever on a season's loan to United all last term after all?
The only real surprise is that the saga was not extended all the way up until August to keep us all busy in the close season.
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