Cristiano Ronaldo bluntly said he doesn’t respect Erik ten Hag as he doesn’t believe the Manchester United manager respects him.
The Portuguese superstar appeared to be back in the Old Trafford good books when Ten Hag gave him the captain’s armband before the Reds’ defeat to Aston Villa. It was a decision that not long proceeded Ten Hag’s decision to jettison Ronaldo from the squad after he refused to come on as a substitute, before storming out of Old Trafford before the end of United’s 2-0 win over Tottenham.
He was absent from the United squad before the Red Devils’ 2-1 away victory over Fulham. And all bridges appear to be burned as he tore into the new United manager.
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“I don’t have respect for him because he doesn’t show respect for me,” Ronaldo explosively said. “If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you.”
“If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you.” It is a truly staggering interview that has come just before United head into the World Cup squad.
He also accused the United hierarchy of turning him into ‘a black sheep’ at the club, while also trying to attribute the blame at his doorstep. His interview with Piers Morgan, as quoted in the Sun, proceed another interview from Ten Hag, in which the United boss admitted Ronaldo is “always a big issue”.
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“I have to deal with all the players, and obviously, Cristiano is always a big issue because he is one of the best ever in the world and he is now performing and it’s great to work with him,” Ten Hag told Sky Sports .
“The players, the team, are really happy that he is in our dressing room, but I have to deal with him. But also, you will not getting, say, the marriage from what you did in the past, you can always be judged by what you’re doing in the present.
“He can still do it, he already showed this season he can have an impact and when he is good, he makes a difference, so I am hoping to push him in that way that he makes that impact on the team, that he makes a positive difference for us.”
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