“Man United has listened to him and now ready to replace me with the manager he suggested…I love Christiano Ronaldo but I’m disappointed”: Erik ten Hag angered by Man United’s decision to replace with 51-years old manager Christiano Ronaldo suggested for them
Man United manager Erik ten Hag has hit back at his former player Cristiano Ronaldo after the superstar took a swipe at the Dutch coach this week.
The Al-Nassr star was speaking on Rio Ferdinand Presents where the former Man United star stated that the Premier League giants need to “rebuild everything” and criticised Ten Hag for saying that the Red Devils “cannot compete to win the League and Champions League,” which the United coach denises.
“As I told you, Manchester, they need to rebuild everything, in my opinion,” Ronaldo said on Ferdinand’s podcast via the Daily Mail. “The coach, they say they cannot compete to win the League and Champions League.
“(As) Manchester United coach, you cannot say that you’re not going to fight to win the League or Champions League.
“You have to be, to mentally say, listen, maybe we don’t have that potential, but I cannot say that. We’re going to try. You have to try.”
The two had their differences during Ronaldo’s second spell at Man United as the Dutch coach believed that the veteran forward was not good enough to be a starter in his team before the superstar departed for Saudi Arabia mid-season.
The Portuguese international has criticised the former Ajax boss before and after his latest comments, Ten Hag responded during his press conference on Thursday.
