Someone on a podcast a few weeks back, maybe Second Captains, argued that ETH was playing it beautifully: giving Ronaldo just enough rope to hang himself while maintaining the appearance of support. It looks fairly well observed now.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement
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Dumbass ronaldo fanboys trying to spin the narrative that ronaldo complaining about the gym, jacuzzi and the chef is calling out the glazers and is going to make a difference in getting rid of them, when in reality he's just using that as deflection tactic to shield a way from the reality of his own decline and regression
I say we give him a better contract, clear EtH out, put him in charge and rename the club Cristiano Ronaldo FC.
Reddy hitting the nail on the head again. Spot on.
Is this guy a professional troll? I doubt anyone who watched Arsenal this season thinks that what they need is this Ronaldo in their team and dressing room.
Whilst I agree, it also meant we had huge issues behind the scenes and that's not good for the team. Glad this ends now
On one hand it would mean seeing City win another title and I'm not sure I want to.
On the other hand, seeing Arsenal collapse from a position of power for trying to accommodate a past-it, 37yo diva, would be delicious too.
Yes. And a phone hacker and scumbag tabloid editor. He's despicable.
Funniest is his reposte to Rooney. So insecure 
Someone remind him that this is Manchester United and here its Rooney >>> Ronaldo no matter how much botox he does to quip about 'looks'
Someone remind him that this is Manchester United and here its Rooney >>> Ronaldo no matter how much botox he does to quip about 'looks'
How is Carragher and Melissa Reddy managed to speak the most sense during this saga I'll never understand.
Explains a lot of our early issues when the changing room was heavily player power
Which you can mostly get away with when you're performing at a world class level, not so much when you'd struggle in the Sunday league.
Well lets wait and see until the full interview gets released. Hopefully a damning indictment of the leeches will at least bring even more focus into their disastrous reign.
He just needed to play some games before the WC. Now he is just looking for a way to get kicked from the club with a big payout to leave.
Fine him 2-3 month pay for his comments instead and send him to train with the reserves.
Going after ETH just shows how big a prick he is.
In my opinion he just killed his entire legacy with United.
Hope he is not coming back after the WC.
Fine him 2-3 month pay for his comments instead and send him to train with the reserves.
Going after ETH just shows how big a prick he is.
In my opinion he just killed his entire legacy with United.
Hope he is not coming back after the WC.
I like the fact he is supposedly upset the club didn't believe his reason for missing pre season when literally no one believes he has been ill for the last two games now
You underestimate the
If he’d said “the club is stuck in the past and hasn’t moved on since I left it in 2009”, followed by “a good example of this is them signing a past-it CR7 for sentimental reasons in 2021”, I’d be fully on board with him
For sure, and Ronaldo was in the center of everything. I can imagine it was a lot of work to pull the players to his side for ETH. Just a shame he fell for his apology some weeks ago and played him.
So true.
Fingers crossed he has videos of them with Prince Andrew or the like, short of that the Glazers seem not to give a toss that we fecking hate them.
Feels like an exercise in damage limitation for brand CR7. Disappointing he is throwing the club that made him under the bus. He is out for himself only.
I get where he is at regarding the lack of infrastructure progression though. I used to do some work for somebody who worked behind the scenes on the medical staff at United. He left to do the same role for Manchester City, even though he was a United fan. I recall him saying that City paid more money, were nicer to work for and had far better facilities. This would've been around the 2010 sort of timeframe. Sounds like little, if anything, has changed. Meanwhile City have gone from strength to strength.
I get where he is at regarding the lack of infrastructure progression though. I used to do some work for somebody who worked behind the scenes on the medical staff at United. He left to do the same role for Manchester City, even though he was a United fan. I recall him saying that City paid more money, were nicer to work for and had far better facilities. This would've been around the 2010 sort of timeframe. Sounds like little, if anything, has changed. Meanwhile City have gone from strength to strength.
And how exactly would Mr. Souness know that? Because Ronaldo says so?
How I'd love Souness to be eat a humble pie with regards to Ten Hag.
The best thing would be if the club released a public statement offering Ronaldo to terminate his contract if he gives up any severance payment. Give him the option of putting his money where his mouth is or exposing him for being greedy on top of everything.
Yeeess sign him up Arsenal, he wont ruin the progress youve made so far. Im 69% sure.
Maybe, but no club willing to take on a toxic 37 year old is going to be in a better position. Or at least it won’t be soon after.
I beg to differ.......watch this space.
Interesting if true. It looks like the players and Ten Hag were already preparing for life post-Ronaldo for a while now.
Only if he’s playing Cypriots every week.
Such a scandal indeed. To find Harry Maguire being captain must have really shook him too.
Only episode I’d watch tbh.
I think they are quite well isolated from our media over in the US, so if something like this gains negative press for them in the US it may be a catalyst for change, hopefully anyway.
Double entrendre maybe? Wouldn’t put it past Ronaldo
Did they ship in the wax figure of Ronaldo from Madame Tussaud’s for that pic?
We should just stick him in the reserves and fine him everytime he doesn't turn up
It's extremely bizarre seing someone trying to go against the criticism of his interview by pointing out that many of his comments in isolation might be true. It's completely missing the point and seriousness of what he has done. Going after your employer publicly (and not even in the heat of the moment!) and manager while being under contract is unforgivable. Regardless of what your intentions are, it's something you can't do at all. He has completely fecked up here and there's nothing redeeming about his comments - even if it "confirms" what critics has been saying about the state of the club.
This obviously means he has played his last game for us, they way it ended is quite sad. Luckily for us, this is helping us massively by removing our weakest link by far from our starting XI. He is actually so bad footballing-wise now that this is a major blessing on the pitch. Also it means we won't have anyone bar Martial upfront, so we need to find a striker in January.
This obviously means he has played his last game for us, they way it ended is quite sad. Luckily for us, this is helping us massively by removing our weakest link by far from our starting XI. He is actually so bad footballing-wise now that this is a major blessing on the pitch. Also it means we won't have anyone bar Martial upfront, so we need to find a striker in January.
After this and Many Men, 50 should have a statue outside Old Trafford
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