Cristiano Ronaldo (2006-2007)
The 2006–2007 season tested to be the prison-breaking year for Ronaldo, as he bust the twenty goal barrier for 1st|the primary} time and picked up his first league title with Manchester United. In Gregorian calendar month and Gregorian calendar month 2006, Ronaldo received consecutive Barclays Player of the Month honours, changing into solely the third player in Premier League history to try to to therefore when Dennis Bergkamp in 1997 and Robbie Fowler in 1996. He scored his fiftieth Manchester United goal against town rivals Manchester town on five might 2007 as United claimed their initial Premier League title in four years, and he was voted into his second consecutive FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award at the tip of the year. Despite rumours current in March 2007 that Real Spanish capital were willing to pay associate unprecedented €80 million (£54 million) for Ronaldo, he signed a five-year, £120,000-a-week (£31 million total) extension with United on thirteen Apr, creating him the highest-paid player in team history.Ronaldo collected a number of non-public awards for the season. He won the PFA Players'
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In Apr, he completed the treble by winning the PFA Fans' Player of the Year. He conjointly won the PFA Fans' Player of the Year and therefore the FWA player of the Year, changing into the primary player to win all four main PFA and FWA awards. Ronaldo was conjointly one among eight Manchester United players named within the 2006–07 PFA Premier League Team of the Year. Ronaldo's 2007–08 season began with a red card for a headbutt on Portsmouth player Richard Hughes throughout United's second match of the season, that he was reproved with a three-match ban. Ronaldo aforesaid he had "learned a lot" from the expertise and wouldn't let players "provoke" him within the future. when rating the sole goal in an exceedingly Champions League away match against Sporting, Ronaldo conjointly scored the injury-time winner within the come fixture as Manchester United flat-topped their Champions League cluster. He finished because the contender to Kaká for the 2007 Ballon d'Or,and was third within the running for the FIFA World Player of the Year award, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi. Ronaldo scored his initial score for Manchester United in an exceedingly 6–0 win against port United at previous Trafford on twelve Jan 2008, transfer Manchester United up to the highest of the Premier League table. He scored his ordinal league goal of the season in an exceedingly 2–0 win against Reading, equalling his entire total for the 2006–07 season. throughout a 1–1 Champions League initial knockout spherical draw against city on twenty Gregorian calendar month, associate unidentified city supporter endlessly aimed a inexperienced optical device at Ronaldo and United mate Nani, prompting associate investigation by UEFA.One month later, city were penalized CHF5,000 (£2,427) for the incident.
Cristiano Ronaldo (2007-2008)
On nineteen March 2008, Ronaldo captained United for the primary time in his career in an exceedingly home persuade Bolton, rating each goals within the 2–0 ending. The second of the goals was his thirty third of the campaign, that set a brand new club single-season rating record by a midfielder and therefore flat-topped martyr Best's forty-year-old total of thirty two goals within the 1967–68 season. Ronaldo scored another brace in an exceedingly 4–0 persuade Aston Villa on twenty nine March, that at the time gave him thirty five goals in thirty seven domestic and European matches as each a starter and substitute. Ronaldo's rating streak was rewarded together with his changing into the primary jock to win the 2007–08 European Golden Shoe, finishing eight points sooner than Mallorca's Dani Güiza.[ In the 2007–08 Champions League final on twenty one might against league rivals Chelsea, Ronaldo scored the gap goal when twenty six minutes, that was negated by a Chelsea equaliser within the forty fifth minute because the match over 1–1 when time beyond regulation.
