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Chapter 12 Numbers โI asked whether the number 28 shirt, which I wore at Sporting Lisbon, was available. Alex Ferguson said to me, โNo no, yours is the number 7.โ โOk boss!โ I replied. I wasnโt going to say to him, โNo no, mine is the number 28.โโ Cristiano Ronaldo describes how he came to wear the famous number 7 at Manchester United, worn by all the great Red Devils players before him: George Best, Steve Coppel, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona and David Beckham. But how did such a young new signing get to don such an important shirt number in the clubโs history? Hereโs how Sir Alex explains the motives behind his decision to the press: โWe have given Ronaldo this shirt
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