Manchester United’s new Adidas home shirt sales are currently up 62% year-on-year, Thanks to the record number of United football shirts sold with ‘Ronaldo 7’ on the back. Chelsea Since winning the Champions League and finishing in the top 4 last season, sales of Chelsea shirts have slightly increased by 16% , compared to 20/21 season Manchester United are one of the most enticing clubs to manage on Football Manager 2023. For years it’s been a fun challenge to attempt to restore United to the top of the Premier League, but after a lost decade and the introduction of Erik ten Hag there is now someone to test yourself against – and a decent squad to get started. Most know the story about how Sir Alex Ferguson became determined to sign Ronaldo after he starred in an August 2003 preseason friendly between Manchester United and Sporting, but United had been Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to be returning to Manchester United - 12 years after he left Old Trafford. awarded to the best player in the world. Ronaldo won in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 2009: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2010: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2011: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2012: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo The Ballon d'Or ( French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ⓘ; lit. ' Golden Ball ') is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956 and co-organized alongside UEFA since 2024. Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (founded The 37-year-old returned to United last summer - 12 years after originally leaving for Real Madrid - and netted 24 goals in 38 games to finish as the club's top scorer in all competitions In 2019 Phil Jones was given a fresh four-year deal of about £5.2m a year despite an already chequered injury record – he has made nine league starts since; another £20.8m that might have been uUek.