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“Would have fallen out with Pep within the first few months”, Twitter reacts as Cristiano Ronaldo reveals that he was near becoming a member of Manchester Metropolis final summer season

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Cristiano Ronaldo, a striker for Manchester United, has revealed he got here near becoming a member of with Metropolis final yr however was persuaded to not by Ferguson, Ronaldo’s outdated boss.

Ronaldo transferred to Manchester United from Juventus on a two-year contract in August 2021, citing Sir Alex Ferguson as an enormous affect in his choice to return to the membership with whom he gained eight main championships between 2003 and 2009.

In line with a snippet of the interview that was launched on Sunday, Ronaldo mentioned that United had deceived him and that he was being pushed to depart the membership.

The Portuguese striker mentioned that United didn’t stand by him when his daughter was hospitalized in July, casting doubt on his story and demonstrating a scarcity of empathy when he was late to pre-season coaching.

United mentioned on Monday that they’d reply to Ronaldo’s claims that he was being pushed out of the membership and that he felt betrayed by the group solely after that they had gathered all of the info.

United’s board of administrators, together with co-chairman Joel Glazer, soccer director John Murtough, chief govt Richard Arnold, and supervisor Erik ten Hag, met on Monday to debate an answer and search authorized counsel.

In line with ESPN’s sources, when Ronaldo claimed that he “doesn’t respect” the Dutchman, Ten Hag informed the Glazers, Arnold, and Murtough that he might by no means work with Ronaldo once more.

ESPN has been knowledgeable by many sources that the majority of the crew doesn’t really feel Ronaldo could make a comeback, particularly as a result of Ten Hag has adopted such a strict stance on squad self-discipline since changing into supervisor in the summertime.

“Nicely, truthfully, it was shut… It’s one thing they spoke [about] lots and [Manchester City manager Pep] Guardiola mentioned two weeks in the past, I assume, that they tried laborious to have me,” Ronaldo informed Piers Morgan in an interview for TalkTV, the primary a part of which was aired on Wednesday.

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