Manchester United assured this Friday that it had begun to take “the appropriate steps” after the interview with Portuguese international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who said he felt “betrayed” by the English club.
“Manchester United began this morning to take the corresponding measures in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent interview. We will not make any further comments until this process is complete,” it can be read in a brief note published this Friday on the club’s website. ‘red devils’. ‘ In Internet.
The second and last part of Cristiano Ronaldo’s interview with English journalist Piers Morgan was broadcast this Thursday, with the ‘red devils’, which also include Portuguese Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes, reacting today.
“I don’t know if I should say this, but I don’t care. People should 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 one,” the striker said. .
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According to the 37-year-old forward, “it’s not just the coach”, Erik ten Hag, who doesn’t want the player in the squad, but also “two or three in the club”, clarifying later that he was referring to the administrators, reinforcing that if you felt “betrayed”.
The striker was left out of the last three games of the ‘red devils’, and left today for Qatar with the Portuguese team, which ‘captain’, for the 2022 World Cup.
In total, this season he has 16 games and three goals for the English club, after in 2021/22, the season of his return to Manchester, he had scored 24 goals in 38 games.
In the long interview, he stated that he had no respect for the coach, considering that he did not respect him.
This has been a ‘problematic’ season for the Madeiran ‘star’, who returned to United, where he played for the first time between 2003 and 2009, after passing through Real Madrid (2009-2018) and Juventus (2018-2021). , having started his career at Sporting.
In the summer, his possible departure from the club was the main topic of discussion in the transfer market and, when it did not materialize, he promised that he would grant an interview to clarify the matter.
Since then, his performance on the pitch has been intermittent, between starting, the substitute bench and the absence of those called up, such as when he was removed from first team training for abandoning a game still in progress, having refused to start. . used substitute
With 191 appearances with the Portuguese team, and 117 goals, he has 145 goals for Manchester United, in 346 games, 450 for Real Madrid, in ‘only’ 438 games, and five for Sporting, in 31 games.
Source: TSF
