Cristiano Ronaldo "cannot wait" to return to Old Trafford after his Manchester United return was rubber-stamped.

On Friday it looked as if the 36-year-old could be heading for the blue half of Manchester as his release from Juventus was announced, but a deal was quickly put in place to take him back to United, for whom he scored 118 goals in six seasons between 2003 and 2009.

He returns a five time Ballon d'Or winner and has signed a two-year deal with the option of a third for an initial fee of £12.86million.

During his first spell with United, Ronaldo won three Premier League titles, a Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, two League Cups and one FA Cup.

He went on to win four more Champions Leagues with Real Madrid – whom he joined in 2010 – as well as four league titles split equally between Real and Juventus.

His 451 goals for Real have him comfortably clear as the club's all-time record goalscorer, while international honours arrived when Portugal – for whom he has a country-best 109 goals – won the 2016 European Championship.