Cristiano Ronaldo Hails His No. 7 Jersey, As It Smashes Man. United Sales Record.

In less than four hours after retaining his iconic number 7 Jersey, Cristiano Ronaldo broke Manchester United’s daily jersey sales record.

According to reports, as Manchester United confirmed Ronaldo will wear No 7 on Thursday, fans dashed online to secure a replica and it only took four hours to smash the record as the highest daily sale on a single sports merchandise site outside North America.

Manchester United official retail partner, Fanatics confirmed the shirt sales hit record figures and the first hour alone bettered the best full day of global sales for the club’s online store.

Across the Fanatics network, Ronaldo became the biggest-selling player in the 24 hours following a transfer to a new club – leading Lionel Messi (to PSG), Tom Brady (to Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and LeBron James (to LA Lakers).

Meanwhile the Portuguese forward took to his Instagram page to celebrate his retention of his iconic number seven jersey, which formerly given to Uruguayan forward, Edison Cavani prior to his arrival.

“7 is the magic number”, Ronaldo wrote.

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