Ronaldo said that he has ‘no respect for manager Erik Ten Hag(currently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United) in an interview with Piers Morgan(a British broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality)
In a 90-minute explosive interview with Piers broadcasted on Sunday night, following Manchester United’s last game for six weeks, Cristiano Ronaldo argued that Ten Hag tried to force him to leave the club as the club’s lack of process. Since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure, The club has lacked the progress he added. Ten Hag benched Ronaldo after a poor start to the season. But Ronaldo was not looking to come on as a substitute.
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Ten Hag benched Ronaldo after a poor start to the season. But Ronaldo was not looking to come on as a substitute. It was not the first time Ronaldo had left a match early, and Ten Hag replied by banishing him from the team for one time. Cristiano returned to the team later, although they played no part in their two games just before the World Cup. But the Club said Ronaldo was not available due to some illness.
However, the timing of Ronaldo’s extraordinary attack suggests the 37-year-old believes he has played his last game for the Club, with United’s hierarchy previously supporting Ten Hag’s decision to drop Ronaldo following his previous act of ill-discipline.
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Erik ten Hag, a Dutch professional football manager and former player, is currently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United stated that Ronaldo’s actions had clashed with the “standards and values” he wanted his teammates to follow. In contrast, the manager warned there would be ” consequences” if the repetition of ill-discipline behavior happened.
Morgan asked Ronaldo about his relationship with Ten Hag. Ronaldo was unrelenting with his answer, ” I don’t respect him because he doesn’t show respect for me” he added, ” If you don’t respect me, I’m never gonna have respect for you.”
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Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United last summer, 11 years after leaving the Club to sign for Real Madrid as the world’s most expensive player.
United had sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer mid-season, substituting Ronaldo’s former teammate with interim coach Ralf Rangnick. However, in a different part of the interview, Ronaldo was favorably critical of how the Club is run and how little things had changed at Old Trafford since his first period at the Club.
Ronaldo said: “I don’t know what’s going on but since Sir Alex Ferguson left I saw no evolution in the Club, the progress was zero. For example we have an interesting point that, how the Club as Manchester United after [they] sack Ole, they buy – they bring, sports director Ralf Rangnick, which is something that nobody understands. This guy is not even a coach. A bigger club like Manchester United brings [a] sports director – surprised not only me but all the world, you know.
“Nothing changed. Surprisingly. Not only the pool, the jacuzzi, even the gym… Even some points, the technology, the kitchen, the chefs, which is, I appreciate, lovely persons. They stopped in a time, which surprised me a lot. I thought I will see different things… different, as I mentioned before, technology, infrastructure. But unfortunately, we see many things that I used to see, when I was 20, 21, 23. So, it surprised me a lot.”
In August, Ronaldo hit out at “lies” reported in the media about the future and vowed to tell “the truth” in an interview. However, Ronaldo’s behavior has also been criticized by former United teammate and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville.
A United statement on Monday said: “Manchester United notes the media coverage regarding an interview by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Club will consider its response after the full facts have been established. Our focus remains on preparing for the second half of the season and continuing the momentum, belief and togetherness being built among the players, manager, staff, and fans.”
