"I'm a massive Pompey fan, so I went to the game when they played at Old Trafford, and he scored that free-kick against David James.

"I used to be really on the sport, within the nook, so I noticed it first hand, and I believe after that I type of fell in love with the approach and what he'd accomplished and him as a participant."

Ronaldo is no longer at United, leaving in November after the club terminated his contract to accommodate a move to Saudi Arabia.

But Mount will undoubtedly be vying to enter club folklore alongside the 38-year-old and could even inherit his No 7 shirt.

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