What you're about to read is pure speculation. It's an exercise in what might happen, in trying to find logic in a game (football) that has little and a summer rite of passage (the transfer market) that often has even less. With Cristiano Ronaldo's future seemingly up in the air with few options, it could lead to a momentous return for one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
Last year, Ronaldo's summer ended with his agent, Jorge Mendes, going on a virtual roadshow of European clubs to see if there was a deal to be struck.