Erik ten Hag don tok for interview with The Athletic say Cristiano Ronaldo ‘let the team down, and he let me down’ wen di Dutchman dey manage Manchester United. Di player bin dey im second spell for Manchester United wen di manager take charge for summer 2022, but e leave di club under controversial condition few months later.
E recall say di two of dem bin plan together before e come Manchester United. E fly go Portugal go meet am to tell am wetin e wan do. E call di player one of di best for football history and say e respect am well well. But e add say as manager, e bin get to make rational decision and keep di players wey e admire for di team.
Di matter come to head for October 2022 wen di manager drop am for Premier League game against Chelsea. Dat one happen after di player refuse to come on as substitute against Tottenham three days earlier. Di player later give interview for November 2022, wia e tok say e feel Manchester United ‘betrayed’ am, say e no respect di manager, and say di club dey force am out before im exit come as ‘mutually agreed’.
Di player bin be 36 years old wen e return to Manchester United from Juventus for 2021, under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Under di manager, e score just three goals for 16 matches before e leave during di 2022-23 season.
E still tok say e no true say e expect di player to do pressing or say di player bin exhausted. E tok say: ‘But he couldn’t. He ran neither in possession nor out of possession. The reason was because he didn’t prepare himself.’ E add say every top team suppose embrace top player, but di top player also suppose work for di team.
