How will the other players react to Ronaldo?

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We have already seen leaks from the club that the players are united together and disappointed with the Morgan interview.

EtH is repeatedly talking about the improvements in team spirit, morale and togetherness. He even made a point of touching on this in his post match interview after Fulham.

Then looking at the initial reception Ronaldo has got from Dalot and Bruno with Portugal it appears they are both unimpressed with what he has done.

So how do we see this playing out? Is the dressing room now strong enough to move on and stay together or will we see it splinter and become fractured as it allegedly has been under Ole and Rangnick?

Do we think EtH and his staff have done enough groundwork at this point to have everyone onboard?
 
This outburst will probably bring the squad closer together.
 
Interesting thread.

Was just thinking that myself.

When you think about it, its only Bruno and Dalot that will have to see him everyday in the next month or so

I wont blame them if they act like they usually act around him.
If they're friendly with him, fine, continue like that.
No need to change their behaviour.

The others.... probably a handshake if they meet on the field and that's it.


He wont be a Manchester Utd player in a month so who cares.
 
I also doubt the players will have a chance to react as I don't expect him to return
 
I honestly don’t think the other players give a shit about him anymore. They probably find his baby tantrums funny. I think we’ve gone beyond the point of team mates being overawed by him. They all know his time is done here.

You could sense the players didn’t give a crap after the interviews with Martinez and Bruno recently when asked about Ronaldo refusing to come on. They made it clear players are just focused on the important stuff.

I think Ronaldo’s dream was for this interview to be released straight after a disappointing defeat before the World Cup. Unfortunately for him it ended with a brilliant last minute winner from Utd’s future hope. It ended with a feel good feeling before his interview shit on those feelings. It’s probably backfired on him as he deludedly thought the fans would fly his flag cause he dropped in a lot of facts about the ownership. I don’t think Ronaldo realises how much backing and support fans have in the current manager.
 
A common enemy makes good for unity.

We saw it with Keane leaving too, players stepped up and tried to prove themselves. I think they all see him for what he is, a diva. It's good to see the consequences of someone acting against the team-spirit. It makes you reflect about what the team should be.
 
Well Dalot looked like he was embarrassed to be in a pic with him and made sure he looked as stone faced as possible, and Bruno gave him the coldest handshake imaginable.
Safe to say they all think he’s acted like a complete twat.
 
You all are reading too much into it, in my opinion. Same as the Dalot photo and Bruno's handshake. At the end of the day, these people are professionals. And Bruno and Dalot won't disrupt their NT over something like this. By the time they come back it will surely be over.

The only one that worries me is Garnacho, who seems to idolize Ronaldo. Martinez and Ten Hag should be handling this.
 
Telsim said:
You all are reading too much into it, in my opinion. Same as the Dalot photo and Bruno's handshake. At the end of the day, these people are professionals. And Bruno and Dalot won't disrupt their NT over something like this. By the time they come back it will surely be over.

The only one that worries me is Garnacho, who seems to idolize Ronaldo. Martinez and Ten Hag should be handling this.
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They may be professionals but they are only human. It’s clear Bruno is disgusted and was unable to hide it. Portugal to make an early exit from WC as he is a hindrance to them as well anyway.
 
Interesting thread, I was wondering the same.

There's the likes of Antony and Garnacho himself who clearly adored him and felt awed to be on the same pitch as him. I think they would be very uncomfortable with this development, since they wouldn't know which side to take. Never meet your heroes, eh? Hope EtH manages their conflict tactfully.

Bruno and Dalot would be furious, because their efforts for both club and country are being overshadowed by the tantrums of a man intent on taking narrative away from the team to himself. Must be pissed at his selfishness despite their respect for his declining abilities. I would suspect they would like to end their association with the man on a high, though, so won't kick up a fuss or take sides.They would have stories to tell, a few years later.

Casemiro and Varane should not be surprised given that they have seen him be a petulant child even at his absolute best, and they know he's a shadow of that now. I'd hope that they provide perspective for the rest of the squad.

Don't think the rest would be affected as much. Perhaps realize the narcissism kicking in for self defense, and shrug the whole thing away before focusing on the next game. Disappointed in how things turned out, more than anything.

EtH would have a challenging job on his hands, but he's already looking good with his leadership. Don't think any player would feel he could have done any better. The stick and the carrot have both failed.
 
Depends on the full details of 90 mins interview. Some players would be abit pissed off as he has undermined the club and the manager. He hasn’t said a bad word regarding his teammates or dressing room as far as I know, so maybe some wouldn’t care as much. But for sure most would feel awkward on the situation.
 
Telsim said:
You all are reading too much into it, in my opinion. Same as the Dalot photo and Bruno's handshake. At the end of the day, these people are professionals. And Bruno and Dalot won't disrupt their NT over something like this.
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Bruno is likely doing what I personally would, distancing himself somewhat from Ronaldo and he’ll no doubt tell him in private that he must do so. Not sure what he says as he turns his head there but “talk later” wouldn’t surprise me.
Dalot was absolutely telling, it’s the same again, distance yourself from in any way appearing to endorse what Ronaldo has done.
 
Regulus Arcturus Black said:
Bruno is likely doing what I personally would, distancing himself somewhat from Ronaldo and he’ll no doubt tell him in private that he must do so.
Dalot was absolutely telling, it’s the same again, distance yourself from in any way appearing to endorse what Ronaldo has done.
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The stupidity of this post :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hyperventilating over body language.

The Athletic - "Despite social media scrutiny of a clip that appeared to show a frosty greeting between Fernandes and Ronaldo as they met up for World Cup duty on Monday, sources close to the former (who wish to remain anonymous to protect their positions) insisted to The Athletic that it was a joke about his flight from England arriving late and that the exchange had been taken out of context."

Grown men trying to decipher body language is embarrassing.
 
DutchCruijff said:
The stupidity of this post :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hyperventilating over body language.

The Athletic - "Despite social media scrutiny of a clip that appeared to show a frosty greeting between Fernandes and Ronaldo as they met up for World Cup duty on Monday, sources close to the former (who wish to remain anonymous to protect their positions) insisted to The Athletic that it was a joke about his flight from England arriving late and that the exchange had been taken out of context."

Grown men trying to decipher body language is embarrassing.
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Oi, well it's certainly not hard to decipher who's frosty that he got shamed him over his "DvB's a proper United player" after his condescending "litmus test" post.

Imagine thinking you know so much about football you have a litmus test on Bruno Fernandes, and be the same person who claimed Donny was a proper United player. You've about as much self insight as Ronaldo :lol::lol::lol:
 
DickDastardly said:
Interesting thread.

Was just thinking that myself.

When you think about it, its only Bruno and Dalot that will have to see him everyday in the next month or so

I wont blame them if they act like they usually act around him.
If they're friendly with him, fine, continue like that.
No need to change their behaviour.

The others.... probably a handshake if they meet on the field and that's it.


He wont be a Manchester Utd player in a month so who cares.
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You haven’t seen the video of Bruno meeting up with the Portugal squad then
 
DutchCruijff said:
The stupidity of this post :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hyperventilating over body language.

The Athletic - "Despite social media scrutiny of a clip that appeared to show a frosty greeting between Fernandes and Ronaldo as they met up for World Cup duty on Monday, sources close to the former (who wish to remain anonymous to protect their positions) insisted to The Athletic that it was a joke about his flight from England arriving late and that the exchange had been taken out of context."

Grown men trying to decipher body language is embarrassing.
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The way Bruno doesn't even want to make eye contact with him. I have to disagree with The Athletic here. There's no way that wasn't awkward. I'm sure all the players are disappointed in Ronaldo. Interesting to see how our Brazilian contingent react when they'll most likely have to play Portugal in the ro16 if Portugal finish second in their group.
 
I don't think he's that well liked anyway. I think some players are in awe of him, but he seems like the type of person you dislike the more you get to know him.

Is he close with any of his former Real Madrid team mates?
 
God I hope he arrives at the World Cup and serves up a steaming pile of dung for every minute he plays.
 
DutchCruijff said:
The stupidity of this post :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hyperventilating over body language.

The Athletic - "Despite social media scrutiny of a clip that appeared to show a frosty greeting between Fernandes and Ronaldo as they met up for World Cup duty on Monday, sources close to the former (who wish to remain anonymous to protect their positions) insisted to The Athletic that it was a joke about his flight from England arriving late and that the exchange had been taken out of context."

Grown men trying to decipher body language is embarrassing.
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Nobody is hyperventilating. This style of debate is really getting on my nerves.
 
the_cliff said:
The way Bruno doesn't even want to make eye contact with him. I have to disagree with The Athletic here. There's no way that wasn't awkward. I'm sure all the players are disappointed in Ronaldo. Interesting to see how our Brazilian contingent react when they'll most likely have to play Portugal in the ro16 if Portugal finish second in their group.
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Dutchy posted that just seconds after getting upset that I found his "DVB's a proper United player" post, he'll likely be more upset now as he then suggested his Donny comment must have been from 2 years+ back, it was from just 12 months ago :lol: So take his post here with a pinch of salt, you can almost taste the salt in his words.
 
DutchCruijff said:
The stupidity of this post :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hyperventilating over body language.

The Athletic - "Despite social media scrutiny of a clip that appeared to show a frosty greeting between Fernandes and Ronaldo as they met up for World Cup duty on Monday, sources close to the former (who wish to remain anonymous to protect their positions) insisted to The Athletic that it was a joke about his flight from England arriving late and that the exchange had been taken out of context."

Grown men trying to decipher body language is embarrassing.
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Sexist post
 
They all know he’s finished. I wonder if they are surprised at all, they probably hear his moanings and opinions daily at training so I doubt it will have much bearing. He’s not coming back unless it’s to rot in the reserves.
 
I doubt anyone that spends time around a massive ego like Ronaldo would be shocked at his current behaviour.

All his teammates past and present would know already he is a bit of a prick...the only new trait they will have to get used to is he isn't world class at football anymore.
 
Regulus Arcturus Black said:
Oi, well it's certainly not hard to decipher who's frosty that he got shamed him over his "DvB's a proper United player" after his condescending "litmus test" post.

Imagine thinking you know so much about football you have a litmus test on Bruno Fernandes, and be the same person who claimed Donny was a proper United player. You've about as much self insight as Ronaldo :lol::lol::lol:
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I'm frosty?

I'm not the one who trawled through another's posts to find a comment about another player.

Did you take that Fernandes litmus post personally?

van de Beek was a proper United player, yes, we were going through a tumultuous period and van de Beek was one of the few showing a fighting spirit and actually willing to get on the ball rather than shying away from it.

So, yes, in the context of the circumstances, I 100% stand by that post.

You can go back to hyper analysing body language or are you going to trawl through my posts again?
 
I think those that liked him will continue to idolise him but have no issue with him being booted out. Others that didn't like him will think he is an idiot and glad he's self destructed.

Either way I don't think any player will be publicly backing him or challenging ETH.

I also doubt that once he leaves Ronaldo will be directly influencing any of those guys that did like him in a negative way.

Don't think it will be an issue at all.

At worst Dalot and Garnacho are gutted this has happened and they won't play with him at club level.
 
He won’t ever play for you again so they won’t see him around the club.

As for the interview I think it will bond most of them more behind ETH.
 
RedRonaldo said:
Depends on the full details of 90 mins interview. Some players would be abit pissed off as he has undermined the club and the manager. He hasn’t said a bad word regarding his teammates or dressing room as far as I know, so maybe some wouldn’t care as much. But for sure most would feel awkward on the situation.
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He's said some shite about the young players apparently but didn't name anyone.

I don't think there will be much to adapt to. He won't be back much, maybe a day or two to get stuff and say goodbye. Players will move on and ETH will once again be the big voice. It'll be good for Bruno too, he always seems more comfortable without Ronaldo around.
 
CallyRed said:
I also doubt the players will have a chance to react as I don't expect him to return
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Bingo. What this does show is despite the Romano briefings about how brilliant Ronaldo is behind the scenes - he isn’t - and all the stuff last summer about him undermining Ragnick and ETH after pre-season are very likely true. In that context ETH has done a magnificent job getting this dressing room where many idolise Ronaldo behind him. Ronaldo now needs to be sacked - ETH will have then taken on the biggest name in football and won. That bond will only get stronger from here.
 
The Boy said:
He won’t ever play for you again so they won’t see him around the club.

As for the interview I think it will bond most of them more behind ETH.
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Agreed, I view this as similar to Aubameyang at Arsenal but on steroids....

The way Arsenal played against Chelsea and the way they huddled around him after scoring, you can tell they were happy he left and he wasn't even as bad and toxic as Ronaldo was in the dressing room for us.
 
Desert Eagle said:
He's said some shite about the young players apparently but didn't name anyone.

I don't think there will be much to adapt to. He won't be back much, maybe a day or two to get stuff and say goodbye. Players will move on and ETH will once again be the big voice. It'll be good for Bruno too, he always seems more comfortable without Ronaldo around.
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Yeh it’s about mentorship thing, but I don’t think that bit is out of order at all. Especially when most would assume he is referring to Greenwood, who wasn’t popular figure at United anyway.
 
DutchCruijff said:
The stupidity of this post :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hyperventilating over body language.

The Athletic - "Despite social media scrutiny of a clip that appeared to show a frosty greeting between Fernandes and Ronaldo as they met up for World Cup duty on Monday, sources close to the former (who wish to remain anonymous to protect their positions) insisted to The Athletic that it was a joke about his flight from England arriving late and that the exchange had been taken out of context."

Grown men trying to decipher body language is embarrassing.
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Yeah sure :lol:
It’s probably damage control. PR7 and A few Portuguese journalists have led with the same thing. Understandable as they won’t want any negative press before the World Cup. But considering Bruno’s previous excellent relationship with Ronaldo and the fact he embraced the two other people in the clip with significantly more warmth than he did Ronaldo IS saying something. Bruno probably doesn’t hate Ronaldo but knowing Bruno and how he is, there’s no way he’s gonna be showing Ronaldo love after that interview. This is the same Bruno who confronted United fans to defend his previous manager Ole. Current manager Ten Hag likes Bruno a lot so there’s just no way Bruno’s first interaction with Ronaldo post that interview was going to be anything other than a little frosty.
I mean it’s such a logical and expected explanation of that incident but yeah people are reading into it’s actually just a joke about a flight ….. obviously.
 
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