As the furore continues over Cristiano Ronaldo‘s explosive interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, the 37-year-old has lashed out at former teammates Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney, while claims Manchester United owners, the Glazer family, do not care about the club. Here’s what he has to say.
Ronaldo insists he does not speak to the family, who have owned United since 2005, and they do not have the club’s best interests at heart. “The Glazers, they don’t care about the club. I mean, professional sport, as you know, Manchester is a marketing club,” he said.
Cristiano Ronaldo Goes Off On His Manchester United Ex-Teammates
“They will get money from the marketing – the sport, it’s, they don’t really care, in my opinion. The fans, they’re always right. I think the fans should know the truth, should know that the players want the best for the club. I want the best for the club. This is why I came to Manchester United.”
He continued, “This is why I love this club. But you have some things inside the club which don’t help Manchester (United) reach the top level as (Manchester) City, Liverpool and even now Arsenal, for example. Which is complicated, it’s difficult. It’s hard, in my opinion, it will be hard for Manchester (United) to be in the top of the game in the next two, three years.”
The Portugal international also rounded on former team-mates Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville after criticism from the pair recently. “I don’t understand. You should ask this question to him (Rooney) but I don’t know, why he criticizes me so bad,” he said.
“He finished his career in (his) 30s. So, I’m still playing high-level. I’m not going to say that I’m looking better than him, which is true, but… It’s hard to listen to that kind of criticism and negativity from people who play with you, for example, Gary Neville, as well.”
He also said, “People can have his (their) own opinion but they don’t really know what’s going on. For example, inside the training ground and Carrington or even my life. They have to listen to my point of view as well. Because it’s easy to criticize but if you don’t know the whole story, it’s easy. They are not my friends.”
Ronaldo hit the headlines on Sunday night after the first excerpts of a 90-minute interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored were released. He claimed United were trying to force him out of the club and criticized boss Erik ten Hag, but he has now turned his attention to international matters after joining up with the Portugal squad.
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