I'm out for a birthday dinner with Steve Bruce on Sunday and I know he'll be saying: 'Why did we have to be playing Manchester United when Cristiano Ronaldo came back?!'
I've not sensed a buzz around Old Trafford like this since Eric Cantona arrived.
I turned up at the stadium at 11.45am on Saturday and it was already packed outside. Even afterwards, when fans have normally gone home, they were milling around still savouring the atmosphere. Programmes that are normally left unsold or left behind on tables in the lounges were all being snapped up just because they mark the day Cristiano returned.