Ronaldo has admitted that although he has joined the club he dreamed of playing for, he still misses United. Not a surprise as the United are the biggest club in the world playing in the best league in the world.

Parity is restored. The equilibrium has been re-balanced. If you had dared to read any of the tabloid sports writers during the week you would have been forgiven in your assumption that United were a trophyless team from the north west with a manager bereft of tactical nous and ideas struggling in their domestic league to keep pace with classier rivals and desperate for points in a European group table that seems ever more impossible to navigate.

At approximately 4.45 on Saturday afternoon the hacks should have been preparing grovelling apologies. They had mistaken United for Liverpool. While Rafael Benitez side were in self destruct mode at Craven Cottage United were preparing to dispatch neighbours Blackurn at Old Trafford with a relative cool Bulgarian ease and swagger. Some people though will spin you a different story. The main theme of this season so far has been: United miss Ronaldo!

Ronaldo is gone. He won't be coming back. Fergie cannot replace him. No-one can replace Ronaldo. Nani certainly won't ( Although I still feel Nani will become a great player ). You see it is not as cut and dry as some people believe it is.