Cristiano Ronaldo said Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, “don’t care” about the club sportingly, in yet another excerpt from the interview given to Piers Morgan revealed this Tuesday.
“The Glazers… they don’t care about the club sportingly. As you know, Manchester United are a marketing club. They will make money from marketing – they don’t care about the sporting aspect, in my opinion.” .”accused the Portugal international.
“I think the fans need to know the truth, they need to know that players want the best for the club. I want the best for the club. That’s why I came to Manchester United.”added the 37-year-old.
The striker says there are “a number of things within the club” that prevent United from competing with rivals Manchester City and Liverpool and that it will be difficult for Old Trafford to get back on top in the coming years.
Ronaldo also criticized former teammates Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville after being criticized by both, accusing them of wanting fame at his expense. 🇧🇷Gary Neville is not my boyfriend, he’s using me for TV fame. I never go out to dinner with him”, he said.
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“People are allowed to have their own opinion, but they don’t really know what’s going on, for example on the field, at Carrington (training field) or even in my life. They also have to listen to my point of view. Because it’s easy to criticize, but if you don’t know the whole story… They’re not my friends”continued.
The Manchester United number 7 explained in the interview that he did not participate in the pre-season tour of Red Devils in Australia, in July, because teammate Georgina Rodriguez and daughter Bella Esmeralda were hospitalized a few weeks after the death of the couple’s newborn son due to a “major health problem”, but those club officials did not believe the player’s words.
“I will never, ever trade my family’s health for a football. It really hurt me that they doubted my words”he added.
In the first clip of the interview released, Cristiano Ronaldo says he felt “betrayed” by Manchester United, the club he represents, and that “some people” didn’t want him in the team, not just this season but also in the previous one.
“I don’t know if I should say this, but I don’t care. People need to hear the truth: yes, I felt betrayed and I felt that some people didn’t want me here, not only this season, but also the last “, said the advanced, ahead of a television interview that will be broadcast on English television on Wednesday.
According to the 37-year-old striker, “it’s not just the coach”, Erik ten Hag, who doesn’t want him in the squad, but also “two or three at the club”, later clarifying that he was referring to drivers, to get that feeling ” betray”.
The striker was in the last two games of the Red Devilsand is now preparing to leave for Qatar with the Portuguese team, which he captains, for the 2022 World Cup.
In total, this season is 16 games and three goals for the English club, after scoring 24 goals in 38 meetings in 2021/22, the season of his return to Manchester.
In the lengthy interview, he stated that he had no respect for the coach considering that he disrespected him.
“I have no respect because he does not respect me. If you do not respect me, I will never respect you,” he said.
The lack of improvements in facilities and advancements in technology are other shortcomings the striker has found.
“I have not seen any progress at the club since Alex Ferguson left, no progress has been made. (…) The gym, the pool… they are stuck in time, which surprised me a lot,” he complained . .
The criticism extended to Ralf Rangnick, one of three coaches he met in Manchester during this second spell.
“If you’re not even a manager, how can you be the leader of Manchester United? I’d never heard of him,” he said.
Cristiano Ronaldo also complains of “lack of empathy” towards him, as he lost one of his children to the birth of Georgina Rodríguez, with only one of the twins being born, and that the club is trying to portray him as “the black sheep “. of the squad.
Those who escape criticism are the supporters of the English. “They are the most important thing in football and you play for them. They are always on my side, they are everything to me. That’s why I gave this interview. It’s the right time to say what I think,” added he to it. .
This has been a troubled season for the Madeira star, who returned to United, where he first played between 2003 and 2009, after spells at Real Madrid (2009-2018) and Juventus (2018-2021), after ending his career at Sporting had begun.
In the summer, his possible departure from the club was the main talking point in the transfer market and if that fell through, he promised to give an interview to clarify the matter.
Since then his appearance on the field has been mixed, between the start, the substitution bench and the absence of the called-up players, such as when he was removed from first team training for abandoning a game that was still in progress, because he had refused to be a plaything. to replace. used.
With 191 appearances for Portugal’s main team and 117 goals, he adds 145 goals for Manchester United, in 346 games, 451 for Real Madrid, in just 438 games, and five for Sporting, in 31 games.
Source: DN
