Agree with you and others. He still likes his beer. When he sat out the City game he took the opportunity to pop over to Dubai for a bit of winter sun, and getting absolutely rat-arsed in an Irish pub. Nothing too scandalous, but the gossip pages were full of stories about him being nice to people, paying for lunches etc. And then promptly passing out on one of the benches until a local fixer came in and carried him back to his hotel. This is a bit of a regular pattern with him as well.
He's 30, and I don't see him playing at the top level for much longer. I felt much the same when Rooney returned. Players like Ronaldo who really look after themselves can continue longer - 40 in his case (okay he's a bit of an outlier). End of the day I don't think we can justify the transfer fee and hefty wages to make it a permanent move, especially not at the numbers being quoted.