A Manchester United legend that he left in December 2022 before joining Saudi Arabia and the Al-Nassr club a few weeks later, Cristiano Ronaldo remains attentive to the situation of the Red Devils. If his relations were explosive with Erik ten Hag, the situation has not changed and the Portuguese had criticized a lack of ambition on the part of the Dutch technician: “The coach… he says they can’t compete to win the league and the Champions League. As a Manchester United coach, you can’t say you’re not going to compete to win the Champions League. You have to say to yourself mentally: ‘Look, maybe we don’t have that potential, but I can’t say that. We’re going to try.’ You have to try.”
An intervention in the podcast of his friend and former teammate Rio Ferdinand that caused quite a stir across the Channel. Erik ten Hag who was present at a press conference this Thursday on the sidelines of the Premier League match this Saturday against Southampton reacted to Cristiano Ronaldo’s comments. And he was not gentle with the five-time Ballon d’Or: “he said Manchester United can’t win the Premier League. He said that, if you read the article. Ronaldo is far away, in Saudi Arabia, far away from Manchester. Everyone can have their opinion. That’s good!» Visibly tense, Erik ten Hag will not have the right to make a mistake since his club is fourteenth in the Premier League and was ridiculed by Liverpool before the international break.
