Manchester United is the place where Cristiano Ronaldo’s legendary career started and he had excellent and amazing performances as a member of the Red Devils. During the 2007-08 season, he contributed a total of 42 goals for Manchester United in all competitions, helping his team win Premier League title and Champions League. More importantly, he scored 31 league goals in the Premier League, letting him to win the Premier League Golden Boot as well as European Golden Shoe.
When he played for Manchester United, he won three Premier League titles, one Champions League and one FIFA Club World Cup together with his teammates. As for individual awards, he won his first Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the year at the age of 23.
On 10 July 2018, Ronaldo moved from Real Madrid to Serie A club Juventus after completing the €340m (€100m transfer fee plus €240m in salary and taxes) transfer, which was the highest ever for a layer over 30 years old and paid by an Italian club.
At Juventus, after a short period of adaption, his performance is becoming better, especially in the match of helping Juventus 1-0 win over his old club Manchester United in the Champions League. The goal scored in that match giving the team victory was almost from Ronaldo’s own effort.
At Manchester United, Ronaldo was a young player and just started his amazing football career. However, at Juventus, he is already 33 years old and most footballers could already pass their peak period at this age. It seems like that Ronaldo can still have a positive attitude, keep his shape and keep focus on his football career, which helps him to still have great performances in matches in his 30s. As a result, he still has chances to win the League title, Champions League and his next Ballon d’Or award at Juventus.
In conclude, it’s hard to say which period Ronaldo is better. How do you think? Just leave your lines in the comment section.