Posted: 23:38, November 16, 2022 | Updated: 23:38, November 16, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo has burned his bridges with the rest of Manchester United’s players after criticizing the club and manager Erik ten Haag in an explosive interview. The feeling at the club is that United would be better off finding a way to offload Ronaldo while he is at the World Cup and the 37-year-old Portuguese star does not return to Old Trafford. The mood will not have improved after the first installment of Ronaldo’s sit-down with Piers Morgan aired on Wednesday night, in which he criticized the attitude of United’s young players and said only his Portugal team-mate Diogo Dalot was destined for a long career at the top. . Cristiano Ronaldo Burns Bridges With Manchester United Team After Explosive Interview Ronaldo claims United’s current youth players don’t have the ‘hunger’ of his generation “Their hunger [is different]. I think they have it easier, everything is easy, they don’t suffer – and they don’t care,” Ronaldo said. “If you tell me what I see at Manchester United, I can probably mention Diogo Dalot. He is young but very professional and I have no doubt that he will have a long life in football. “We have a few more – probably (Lisandro) Martinez – but like Dalot it’s hard to say.” Ronaldo confirmed he was “close” to Manchester City before United brought him back last year, questioned the club’s decision to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and was scathing about the ideas of the Norwegian’s replacement, interim manager Ralf Rangnik. The Portuguese star also insisted he has “no respect” for current United manager Erik ten Haag Ronaldo’s teammates want him to move before the end of the World Cup “The new coaches coming in, they think they’ve found the last Coca Cola in the desert,” he added. Ronaldo’s candid views on Ten Haag will air in the second part of the interview on Thursday night, but his team-mates believe he has betrayed Ten Haag and the club, not the other way around as he claims. Raphael Varane was the first United player to speak about Ronaldo on Wednesday, saying: “Obviously he affects us. We’re watching what’s going on. We try to calm the situation in our own way and not get too involved. “When it’s a star like Cristiano, even more we try to take it with a distance, that is we don’t try to change the situation alone, we are part of a collective. “What I want is the best for my team, so whatever decision the club makes, we will accept it.” Ronaldo, who has missed United’s last two games through illness, was absent from Portugal’s training session in Lisbon on Wednesday with a stomach bug and is a doubt for Thursday’s final World Cup warm-up game against Nigeria.
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title: “Cristiano Ronaldo United Players Want Star To Leave Before World Cup Ends Over Criticism Of Team Mates " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-18” author: “James Jobe”
Posted: 23:38, November 16, 2022 | Updated: 23:38, November 16, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo has burned his bridges with the rest of Manchester United’s players after criticizing the club and manager Erik ten Haag in an explosive interview. The feeling at the club is that United would be better off finding a way to offload Ronaldo while he is at the World Cup and the 37-year-old Portuguese star does not return to Old Trafford. The mood will not have improved after the first installment of Ronaldo’s sit-down with Piers Morgan aired on Wednesday night, in which he criticized the attitude of United’s young players and said only his Portugal team-mate Diogo Dalot was destined for a long career at the top. . Cristiano Ronaldo Burns Bridges With Manchester United Team After Explosive Interview Ronaldo claims United’s current youth players don’t have the ‘hunger’ of his generation “Their hunger [is different]. I think they have it easier, everything is easy, they don’t suffer – and they don’t care,” Ronaldo said. “If you tell me what I see at Manchester United, I can probably mention Diogo Dalot. He is young but very professional and I have no doubt that he will have a long life in football. “We have a few more – probably (Lisandro) Martinez – but like Dalot it’s hard to say.” Ronaldo confirmed he was “close” to Manchester City before United brought him back last year, questioned the club’s decision to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and was scathing about the ideas of the Norwegian’s replacement, interim manager Ralf Rangnik. The Portuguese star also insisted he has “no respect” for current United manager Erik ten Haag Ronaldo’s teammates want him to move before the end of the World Cup “The new coaches coming in, they think they’ve found the last Coca Cola in the desert,” he added. Ronaldo’s candid views on Ten Haag will air in the second part of the interview on Thursday night, but his team-mates believe he has betrayed Ten Haag and the club, not the other way around as he claims. Raphael Varane was the first United player to speak about Ronaldo on Wednesday, saying: “Obviously he affects us. We’re watching what’s going on. We try to calm the situation in our own way and not get too involved. “When it’s a star like Cristiano, even more we try to take it with a distance, that is we don’t try to change the situation alone, we are part of a collective. “What I want is the best for my team, so whatever decision the club makes, we will accept it.” Ronaldo, who has missed United’s last two games through illness, was absent from Portugal’s training session in Lisbon on Wednesday with a stomach bug and is a doubt for Thursday’s final World Cup warm-up game against Nigeria.
