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27th September 2021
10:48am BST

"It's fantastic. You saw on that Saturday [against Newcastle] that it was like Caesar entering Rome after victory. 'I came, I saw, I conquered.' It was fantastic. "I mean, for anyone who is a United fan, we could have had a million people in there, without doubt, as there were so many outside, hundreds outside. It's one of these things. When he was here as a kid, his learning process was very, very quick."[caption id="attachment_236958" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United after 12 years away. (Photo by Chloe Knott - Danehouse/Getty Images)[/caption]
Ferguson also recalled stories of the work that Ronaldo produced in order to become one of the greatest footballers of all time.
"He sacrificed himself to be the best. I remember we were playing Arsenal on the Saturday and it was pouring with rain at Carrington. I said to him, and you know he would always practice after training, and I said, 'In. We've got a game tomorrow and it's too wet. The ground is too soft.'
"So I went into my office, looked out of the window and what did he do? He went on the Astroturf. I had no argument! I couldn't say anything to him. He's beat me."
Ronaldo and United have a chance to return to winning ways this Wednesday when they host Villarreal in their second Champions League group stage fixture.
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