RONALDO UNITED FUTURE IN DOUBT
so much at Old Trafford in the last seven months Ronaldo’s future in Manchester is now uncertain.
United are preparing for their third manager in less than a calendar year with Ajax boss Erik ten
Hag ready to start a huge rebuild this summer, after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November and replaced by interim boss Ralf Rangnick.
While Madrid would take Ronaldo back this summer and give him plenty of playing time next season, it’s unclear whether Ten Hag views the veteran attacker as key to United’s immediate future.
Both Solskjaer and Rangnick hardly ever left Ronaldo out when he was fit. But Ten Hag is planning a new United future built on high energy and youth – and Ronaldo will not be guaranteed to play every game.
That won’t sit well with the United icon, who can rightly point to his goal record in a dismal United side as evidence he deserves to be the first name on the team-sheet.
The Portuguese international scored his 100th Premier League goal in the 3-1 defeat at Arsenal and followed up in midweek with the equaliser which earned United a 1-1 draw with Chelsea.
When he returned for his second spell at Old Trafford after a 12-year gap, Ronaldo envisaged a different season to the one which has unfolded.
He believed United would close the gap on Manchester City and Liverpool and challenge for trophies but none of that has materialised.
Instead, United have largely been abysmal and damaging recent defeats by City, Everton, Liverpool and Arsenal have killed off Rangnick’s hopes of handing Ten Hag a place in the Champions League next season.