Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has despatched a powerful, no-nonsense message to Cristiano Ronaldo following the Portuguese celebrity’s tough begin to the season.
Ronaldo hasn’t been a starter for many of this season thus far, regardless of persevering with to be a high performer for Man Utd final time period, when he completed because the membership’s high scorer with 24 targets in all competitions.
With United lacking out on Champions League soccer after their poor performances final season, Ronaldo missed a lot of the membership’s pre-season as he appeared to push for a transfer away from Outdated Trafford.
Ten Hag has now addressed the state of affairs, and appears to be stamping down his authority by making it clear that he feels his gamers can’t miss pre-season in the event that they wish to be on top of things with how his groups play.
As quoted by the Guardian, the Dutch tactician stated: “I shall be his good friend and typically I shall be his instructor. It is dependent upon the state of affairs.
“As everyone knows he didn’t have the pre-season and you can not miss the pre-season. It’s a base and particularly within the sport we play, the best way of play. We play one other kind in comparison with final 12 months.
“It is dependent upon the calls for, cooperation and sure positioning [of players], out and in of place, and the opposite factor is health.”
United followers could have blended emotions about this, as Ronaldo certainly nonetheless has a lot to supply this Pink Devils aspect, although on the similar time it’s encouraging to see Ten Hag making it clear who’s boss.
There has certainly been an excessive amount of participant energy at MUFC for a very long time now, and Ten Hag appears sturdy sufficient to attempt to put an finish to that.
There’s additionally an argument, nevertheless, that these feedback may come throughout as disrespectful of such an all-time nice of the sport, particularly when Ten Hag himself has not achieved a terrific deal by comparability.
