Unhappy to remain on the bench on Wednesday evening during the Premier League meeting between Manchester United and Tottenham (2-0), Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the dressing room before the end of the match and even, according to the English press, left the field. in college. Another episode at the beginning of the season resembles a tragedy in several acts.
• From July the beginning of the confrontation
The news comes on July 2, at the beginning of summer: less than a year after his resounding return to the club, Cristiano Ronaldo already wants to look elsewhere, according to English newspapers. Two days later, the Portuguese did not appear at the Red Devils training center officially “for personal reasons”. But no one is fooled. Behind this motive hides a real desire to go to arm wrestling.
Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Manchester United to play in a qualified squad in the Champions League. Chelsea, Bayern, Napoli, Atletico Madrid… According to rumors, it seems that suitors abound in the heart of July. Except that, as the weeks progress, the list shrinks. European heavyweights have been cited as a possible rule in turn, closing the door to the five-pointed golden ball.
• An increasingly short list of suitors … and a failed departure
In August, despite returning to the field in a friendly against Rayo Vallecano, which he brazenly declared himself on social networks (“Sunday, the King plays”) and then in the Premier League, CR7 still kept his head elsewhere. In the last straight line of the transfer window, in addition to the very noticeable appearance of #Ronaldo, the most pressing rumors point to a return to Sporting Portugal, or an exchange with Osimhen to land in Naples or leave for Saudi Arabia, who will be ready to provide him with a real golden bridge. It is not.
• In September the case of replacement
At the beginning of September, Cristiano Ronaldo is still a Manchester United player. And he’ll quickly realize that Manconian’s new coach, Eric Ten Hag, doesn’t really intend to give him any passes. “I have to be clinical and ask myself what is best for the club and for the team. What makes it progress,” the Dutch coach told Sky Sports on September 4th. The result, as in August, CR7 used to sit on the bench in the Premier League and must wait for the Europa League, on weekdays, to savor the joys of the period.
It seems that the image of the beloved player, the model of idealism and professionalism, is gradually crumbling according to dubious choices and situations on the horizon of his career. A true game legend, among the legend cited in the insolvency controversy, the Portuguese became an almost underrated player within a club that once propelled him to the roof of the world. It’s hard to swallow one of the 21st century’s best players.
• In October, distrust of Ten Hag
early october, times Reveals the close rift between the striker and his coach. Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored only two small goals in all competitions since the start of the season, will be furious with the methods of the former Ajax Amsterdam coach, who he described as stubborn and needlessly tied to a philosophy of the game that does not. Be suitable for Manchester United.
However, the start of autumn was marked by his 700th goal for the club since the start of his professional career, a beautiful bright spot in such a difficult start to the season, and a return to the Red Devils’ eleven in the Premier League. Standing against Everton on October 9 and then against Newcastle last week, he looked to be back in the spirit of Ten Hag. But that was before he was put on the bench on Wednesday night, probably too many episodes.
