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Djemba-Djemba thrilled to see good friend Ronaldo back at Man Utd: He introduced me to Nandos!

Former Manchester United midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba is delighted seeing Cristiano Ronaldo back at Old Trafford.

Djemba-Djemba played with Ronaldo during their time together at United.

He told BritishGambler.co.uk: "Oh my God, I am so, so happy to see Ronaldo back at Manchester United! I'm mostly happy for the fans because they have been through a hard time for a few years, but now it's like their son has come home! Alex Ferguson is the Dad, and Ronaldo is the son.

"I'm so happy for Cristiano. I'll be taking a plane to come home for a game to sit in Old Trafford just to watch him play. But this time I'll be sat in the stands watching him play, and remember all of the good times of when we got to play together.

"The first time I met Cristiano was when we played Sporting Lisbon, and I remember he was wearing number 17. After the game we all sat in the changing room saying we wanted to sign him because he gave us such a hard time. He was only 17 years old and it was ridiculously how good he was. At full time we sat in the changing room and just said to Alex Ferguson; 'We want this guy. We need this guy'.

"I remember coming up against him and trying to kick him, but I couldn't because he was just so fast. I couldn't even pull his shirt, he was so fast. I tried to kick him, but he was just too quick and I couldn't get him! So I was so happy when we signed him so I didn't have to chase him again!

"Every day, he would arrive first so that he could go to the gym before training, then after training he'd want to go to the gym again! Sometimes I'd say 'Cristiano, let's go back home', because sometimes we'd drive to training together and I'd drive him or he would drive me, and we'd go to eat at a restaurant – he introduced me to Nandos, and we'd go and have food together – he loved the chicken there, and I'd have spicy chicken.

"We'd often watch movies together, we liked to eat together, and went shopping together either to Deansgate of The Trafford Centre, and just be tourists in Manchester! We'd watch games together at his house and we'd see his mum, dad and sister at the house.

"We didn't play video games as I didn't know how to play, but as much football as we would watch together, I never saw him play FIFA on the PlayStation. We'd watch loads of Premier League football at either mine or his house."

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