“Of course I miss playing for Manchester United. I played there for six years and that’s a long time. I am still interested in watching Manchester United and, you never know, maybe in the future Icould return to play there. It’s always possible. … I am really happy and everyone knows this [Real Madrid] is my club but, of course, I miss Manchester United, the boss, the players, because I leftfamily there.”

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