The bottom stat is the main one in terms of why Ronaldo doesn't start games for United. Even though that number is probably lower than ten Hag would like, it shows the direction of what type of football we're trying to implement.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement
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Yes do doubt, hence why this was said;
He and the media seems to think we hindered his market. That's the point.
Didn't like him doing the interview at all but he'll still be forgiven.
Ronaldo has been very transparent throughout his career that he's in it for himself. As many have said, the interview was an act of desperation for a man whose ego cannot cope with the fact that he's not what he once was. This sort of end wasn't unimaginable because I think it was well within his personality.
I still don't hate him and will never forget his first spell here, particularly the last three. My best moments as a fan came watching him and for that I'll always chant Viva Ronaldo. He'll be in my bad books probably for the next few months to a year but I know I'll definitely forgive him especially as he exposed a lot of problems within the club.
I don't like him as a person but as a player and what he's given to the club this interview is not nearly enough for me to forget that.
Ronaldo has been very transparent throughout his career that he's in it for himself. As many have said, the interview was an act of desperation for a man whose ego cannot cope with the fact that he's not what he once was. This sort of end wasn't unimaginable because I think it was well within his personality.
I still don't hate him and will never forget his first spell here, particularly the last three. My best moments as a fan came watching him and for that I'll always chant Viva Ronaldo. He'll be in my bad books probably for the next few months to a year but I know I'll definitely forgive him especially as he exposed a lot of problems within the club.
I don't like him as a person but as a player and what he's given to the club this interview is not nearly enough for me to forget that.
Well if “our position” was not letting him go without a fee:
On the one hand, I agree it would have been better to cut loose a discontented player.
On the other, given our record in the market under Woodward I can see why the new regime wanted to send out a message that we were no longer a pushover, even if it meant enduring the presence of said discontented player.
In any case, I’d have thought that there were bigger reasons clubs didn’t want to sign him over and above United demanding a fee. The mismatch between his performances and his expected wages, for a start.
That's my point. Tell that to Ronaldo, Keane and the media.
I watched an interview Piers Morgan did with Jordan Peterson recently and Morgan mentioned many times about Ronaldo, the greatest player ever, Cristian- the best player to ever kick a ball, Ronaldo blah blah blah. I thought it strange at the time- not that Peterson had spoken with Ronaldo but the love in that Morgan had with him- as an Arsenal fan as well. Well it all makes sense now, they’d already done the Ronaldo interview.
I don’t know really. The media (not including the likes of Piers, obvs) seemed to rather be enjoying the series of rejections he was encountering.
The part of the media that matter like Keane, Ferdinand and one or two club legends had fully bought his nonsense. They've been condemning us for not "letting him leave". I wanted a firesale but truth is it didn't make a lick of difference,
that's some grade A self-punishment right there.
1. United fans are done with him. I don't care what fans from his other clubs do or think.
2. Unless the chant gets changed to "shitc**t Ronaldo", I don't think it should ever be heard again.
3. He whined like a spoiled child, he didn't expose anything.
4. United paid him, he didn't do it out of the goodness of his heart.
He won’t.
I'm not. Can't wait to see the back of him.No fan of Ronaldo he says
On a wum then, like deery was?
Nothing proven.
Found this comment on the Stretford Paddock channel, thought I'd share it. All credits to Ch£ :
Ronaldo's album has dropped:
The Complainer
1. Give Me Penalty (Intro)
2. Ghosting
3. Warming Benches
4. Celebration (ft Piers Morgan)
5. Old Friends Become Enemies (ft Rooney & Gary Neville)
6. Washed
7. My Confession (ft Messi)
8. Disrespect (ft Ten Hag)
9. MLS Here I come
10. Smashing Phone (ft Little Kid)
11. Jealousy (ft Rooney)
12. Betrayal (ft Man-U)
13. Siuiii (Outro)
Rejected By Many Clubs (bonus track)
Ronaldo's album has dropped:
The Complainer
1. Give Me Penalty (Intro)
2. Ghosting
3. Warming Benches
4. Celebration (ft Piers Morgan)
5. Old Friends Become Enemies (ft Rooney & Gary Neville)
6. Washed
7. My Confession (ft Messi)
8. Disrespect (ft Ten Hag)
9. MLS Here I come
10. Smashing Phone (ft Little Kid)
11. Jealousy (ft Rooney)
12. Betrayal (ft Man-U)
13. Siuiii (Outro)
Rejected By Many Clubs (bonus track)
Manager did his best to cancel this diva culture that's haunting this club for years and you want to enable it. Yes, that will show him.
If Ronaldo's highlighted problems of this club then you're being one. Stop with the moral highground horseshit and support the current manager
What was his excuse in pre-season, then? His missus had split a nail?
No, I can not like Ronaldo but also think Neville doesn't like him.
Never knew Neville had so many stans.
I can not remember that I have ever disliked a United player as much, as I do with Ronaldo after this situation. I can not wait to see him leave the club.
We don't know for certain which fact is true: that Cristiano wanted to leave but the club refused, or the opposite. But in both cases, the blame is still on Cristiano.
If he really wanted to leave, then he should buy out the remaining contract. We have a newly promoted sports director who doesn't want to look like a fool by letting him go without a transfer fee or still paying his remaining wage.
If he doesn't want to go, then he should accept the realities: we have a new manager, and he has to fight for his place. I believe that if Erik ten Haag is given everything that he wants in the summer, he will have no problem letting Cristiano leave to buy a younger striker. The problem is that we have more important positions to fill quickly. Understandably, Erik ten Haag is willing to keep Cristiano, because of his stature and his last season's record. People will think he is stupid if he lets Cristiano leave without a well-known replacement.
If he really wanted to leave, then he should buy out the remaining contract. We have a newly promoted sports director who doesn't want to look like a fool by letting him go without a transfer fee or still paying his remaining wage.
If he doesn't want to go, then he should accept the realities: we have a new manager, and he has to fight for his place. I believe that if Erik ten Haag is given everything that he wants in the summer, he will have no problem letting Cristiano leave to buy a younger striker. The problem is that we have more important positions to fill quickly. Understandably, Erik ten Haag is willing to keep Cristiano, because of his stature and his last season's record. People will think he is stupid if he lets Cristiano leave without a well-known replacement.
He wanted United to loan him out and pay 80% his wage. No serious club wanted a perma deal.
What do you want United to do? Say feck off and upset Ronaldo?
what about when hitler played for us in the 30s?
Fair enough but what has Neville said that's been out of order or has constituted disproportionate criticism? I can't recall anything.
That Ronaldo has been set up by Man United and Ten Hag disrespected him.
He also found the interview compelling although he only watched 30 minutes of it.
Are any of you who use facebook getting ridiculously high pro-Ronaldo posts from sources you never heard of? Seems Ronaldo's PR team is working overtime as a weak ago I was not getting anything related to him on FB and now I can't scroll past two stories without getting some sort of pro Ronaldo quote.
It's fairly well documented that Ronaldo wanted to leave and there were no offers except from the Saudis which he wasn't interested in so the club didn't refuse anything. Why would you have any reason to believe anything else?
They're out to get himNo I'm getting nothing at all but I don't follow a lot of sports pages or anything like that on Facebook.
His statement in this interview contradict that. I tend to believe that Ronaldo wanted to leave, but "a fairly well documented" is basically only a media report, not a hard evidence. That's why he did this interview: to keep the record straight (from his POV anyway).
Either he's lying in this interview or Jorge Mendes whoring Cristiano all summer without his consent.
Sniping constantly. Sneaky, passive aggressive shit.
feck knows… the guy’s befriended Jordan Peterson though and openly been taking advice from him so… who knows.
I think Ronaldo’s actually in a pretty bad way psychologically tbh.
There’s strong Kanye vibes coming forth.
What are you crying about? Check my post history and you'll see I'm a big EtH fan.
It's not taking the moral highground, I can just make ease with the fact that Ronaldo is being a spoiled brat at the moment but it isn't enough for me not to love him as a player still.
You and the rest that have quoted me can have a grudge against Ronaldo forever but there will be a massive part of the fanbase that are upset with him now but will forgive him in time.
He is what he is - and that's a formerly amazing footballer and almost certainly not a pleasant person. How unpleasant it's hard to say but my guess is extremely. I've thought this for a long time so this interview hasn't really changed things.
So you've got nothing. Can't say I'm surprised.
Tevez.
Multiple reports from multiple journalists are that he wanted to leave, that United would have done a deal if they got an acceptable offer but that the only offer was from the Saudis.
Ronaldo claimed that he was happy to stay and many clubs were interested.
If clubs were interested and made offers we would have heard about it. The press don't keep these things to themselves because it's United and Ronaldo so it's automatically a big story that drives engagement. He's contradicting himself again as he's done throughout this shitshow. His story falls apart when you consider what the media would have to gain from pushing a false narrative 'that nobody wants Cristiano' (referring to himself in third person cringe) i.e. feck all.
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