Gary Neville feels theere are two teams likely to finish above Manchester United in the Premier League this season despite the return of the world’s top player.
United finished second last term as rivals Manchester City ran away with the spoils. But the fact Cristiano Ronaldo is now back at Old Trafford has altered the landscape. The Portugal captain marked his second coming with two goals as the Red Devils took care of Newcastle on Saturday.
The currently sit top of the table, with 10 points from four games played. The usual suspects are all there or thereabouts.
And, despite the former Real Madrid man being back in the ranks, Neville believes United will come up short.
“He does make the team better. I think he makes them more likely to win the title than I thought three weeks ago,” he Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football programme.

“Something inside me tells me that I don’t think he will quite make them the team that will win the title this season. And it’s Chelsea and it’s City, just in terms of team.”
And the ex-United and England defender wishes that he could turn the clock back to a younger version of the forward.
“The introduction of Ronaldo at 36 as a penalty-box striker, which is what he is, I don’t think will make them a complete enough team to win the title,” he added.

“If Cristiano Ronaldo was seven or eight years younger and was still at that level that he was at Real Madrid, I believe he’d be able to take them to the title or to the Champions League.

“He is a very, very special individual and an unbelievable star.”