Cristiano Ronaldo is unstoppable. In recent days, the Portuguese star has been giving numerous interviews. Asked by his former teammate Rio Ferdinand about YouTubethe five-time Ballon d’Or winner spoke about Erik ten Hag. A coach with whom he did not really get along during his second stint at Manchester United. CR7 had also felt betrayed by the Dutchman. This Wednesday, he again criticized ETH and his lack of ambition. “As I told you, Manchester, they have to rebuild everything, in my opinion. The coach says they can’t compete to win the Premier League and the Champions League. As a Manchester United coach, you can’t say you’re not going to compete to win the league or the Champions League. You have to say mentally: ‘listen, maybe we don’t have that potential, but I can’t say that. We’re going to try. We have to try’.”
Then, CR7 spoke about the arrival of Ruud van Nistelrooy in the ETH staff. According to him, this can be a good thing for the Red Devils. “If Ten Hag listens to Ruud, maybe he can (help himself). I think it can help a lot because he knows the club and the club should listen to the guys who were there. You (Rio Ferdinand) or Roy Keane or Paul Scholes or Gary Neville, whoever, Sir Alex Ferguson. You can’t rebuild a club without knowledge (…) The people who understand football, 99% of the time, are the ones who were in the dressing room. They know how to manage the players. They are the people who understand these things. So I think Ruud will help because he has been part of the club. He knows the club. He knows the fans. If the manager listens to him, I think they can improve the club a little bit.” The message got through.
