"I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United"
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The sharper subtext sits in the word “first.” It’s a subtle flex disguised as gratitude: I’m not just joining; I’m opening a door. For Portuguese fans, it reads as national representation, a promise that this isn’t only a career step but a cultural milestone. For United supporters, it’s recruitment marketing: you’re not getting a player, you’re getting a pioneer with a whole country watching. That “especially proud” is a bridge between identities, letting him be both global superstar and local son.
Context matters: this is early Ronaldo, arriving from Sporting into an English club that, at the time, functioned like football’s most visible stage. “United” isn’t just a team; it’s an audition platform and a mythology machine. The sentence is engineered to slot him into that story instantly: humble enough to praise the institution, bold enough to position himself as a new chapter. It’s press-conference language with an athlete’s killer instinct hiding in plain sight.
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Ronaldo, Cristiano. (2026, January 16). I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-very-happy-to-be-signing-for-the-best-team-110671/
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Ronaldo, Cristiano. "I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-very-happy-to-be-signing-for-the-best-team-110671/.
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"I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-very-happy-to-be-signing-for-the-best-team-110671/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.





