Neville, who was himself criticized by Ronaldo during his interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, told Sky Sports that he cannot see the Portugal forward playing for the club again. “No, and I don’t think he wants a way back,” Neville said. “He wouldn’t have done this interview if he wanted a comeback. He knew it would bring the headlines it has and it would be the end of his Manchester United career.” Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player Speaking to Piers Morgan on TalkTV, Cristiano Ronaldo said Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville “don’t know what’s going on” after being criticized by both his former team-mates. Manchester United have yet to announce what action they will take after Ronaldo’s interview. “I wonder what Manchester United are doing because the reality is they know they have to terminate Cristiano’s contract or are they basically setting a precedent for any player to criticize them in the future,” Neville added. “I agree with some of the things Cristiano has said and a lot of Man Utd fans will agree with a lot of things Cristiano has said but the reality is if you are an employee in a business and you say these things you should be terminated you and Man Utd have to do it in the next few days. “Cristiano probably wants it too, but it didn’t have to end like this. They could have come together a few weeks ago and made a path through what could have been rough seas to shore, but it didn’t happen. Both basically backed into a corner.
What did Ronaldo say about Neville and Rooney?
“People can have their own opinions. “They don’t really know what’s going on on the training ground, they need to hear my point of view as well. It’s easy to criticize if they don’t know the whole story. “They are not my friends, they are my colleagues. We played together but we don’t eat together. They are part of my journey, they keep criticizing me with negativity every time. I can continue my journey and I have to catch up with people who like me.” “I think he has – over a period of many, many months – stored frustration, he hasn’t given an interview at all this season to any broadcaster. United are almost every week and I suspect he’s been asked to do an interview after every game, every week and has chosen not to speak. He felt he had to come out and say his piece and get off his chest what was bothering him. “I don’t know what he thought in terms of what the United fans would think [about the interview]. I’ve been asking for years for footballers to be open, independent thinking and come out and speak their mind and not micromanage their PR teams to within an inch of their lives. I can’t think that that happened here – I can’t think that any PR consultant would have told him to go and do what he did. “He would do this off his back with his own strength of character and personality. There was probably another way to do it, but that was from the club and Cristiano’s side when I had the conversation in the studio after the Chelsea game. Three or four weeks ago with Roy Keane, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dave Jones, I urged Man Utd and Cristiano to come together that week because it was obvious that the relationship had failed or had failed and to take a path towards January or the World Cup. they established a truce. Exits don’t have to happen this way if both sides are proactive and mature. I am disappointed that the meeting does not seem to have happened. “Cristiano hasn’t been vetted or managed, it doesn’t look like he’s approached the club and opened the lines of communication. We’ve ended up in this rather unpleasant situation where it looks like Cristiano will end his reign at Manchester United with a great feeling as he will ought. “He’s one of the best players to ever play the game in the world and certainly one of Man Utd’s best ever players. I remember when players left Man Utd when I was there and it didn’t always end the right way and it never And as a fan it doesn’t feel right that someone I played with should leave the club in this way or the club should end it this way.” More to come… Piers Morgan Uncensored: 90 Minutes with Ronaldo continues on TalkTV on Thursday at 8pm.
