A number of Cristiano Ronaldo’s colleagues at Manchester United expressed their dissatisfaction with the Don’s statements in an interview with renowned British journalist Piers Morgan.
Moreover, according to the Sky Sports network, the English club learned about the meeting of Ronaldo after the Red Devils beat Fulham on Sunday with a score of 2:1. And according to the Sports News Network, Ronaldo’s colleagues felt the Portuguese star had no respect for the club and its coach, Eric Ten Hag, after some excerpts from a “fiery” interview were leaked.
The players also indicated that the reason for Ronaldo’s participation in such an interview was “incomprehensible”, especially since the goal was, as they said, “to discredit the club”. Sky Sports quoted players from the English club as saying that Ronaldo was always treated with respect, even after asking to leave Old Trafford and his refusal to play as a substitute against Tottenham. What really pissed off Ronaldo’s colleagues was that the latter told the club on Thursday that he would not be attending his club’s game against Fulham because he was “sick” while preparing for an interview.
What did he say?
In an interview with journalist Piers Morgan, Ronaldo felt that the club’s management “betrayed” him by trying to force him to leave last summer, emphasizing that he “does not respect” Ten Hag because the latter did not show him respect, as he puts it. Ronaldo stressed that the club had made “zero progress” since the departure of his historic coach Alex Ferguson in the summer of 2013, when he decided to “walk” to step down from coaching.
Among the most striking statements of Ronaldo in an interview:
Yes, they tried to make me leave. Not only the coach, but also two or three people around the club. I felt betrayed.
– I do not know what’s going on. Since Sir Alex Ferguson left, I don’t see any changes at the club. Progress was zero
How can a club like Manchester United sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? Inexplicably, they attracted sports director Ralph Rangnick. This guy is not a coach. A big club like Manchester United hired a sporting director as a coach, which surprised not only me, but the whole world.
– I thought I would see different things (on my return to the club), equipment, infrastructure. Unfortunately, we see things that I did when I was 21, 22 and 23. This surprised me a lot.
– Ten Hag “I don’t respect him because he didn’t show me respect.”
