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Where Ronaldo fits for Man United, and how it might impact Fernandes, Rashford, Cavani & Co.

Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Manchester United and ready to wear the club's No. 7 shirt for the first time since 2009 in Saturday's Premier League clash against Newcastle United at Old Trafford. But giving the Portugal forward his old number is the easy part for United; the big challenge now is where to play him.

United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the man who must solve the Ronaldo dilemma, and it's not an easy one to fix. If he gets it right, Solskjaer will give a huge boost to his prospects of guiding United to their first major trophy since 2017 and, at the same time, turbo-charge his team's goal-scoring output.