Former Barcelona player defends Cristiano Ronaldo after his issues at Man United with Ten Hag

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most outstanding players of the last 20 years. The Portuguese along with Lionel Messi have been an important part of the global success of football and the profitable business that has become in recent years. At the moment, away from Europe the former Real Madrid player continues to shine and break records. Just a couple of games ago, The Bug became the top scorer in soccer history.

In the same way, his trajectory speaks for itself. From his first days at Sporting Lisbon, until his time at Manchester United that attracted the interest of big clubs like Real Madrid that would finally take him to their ranks in 2009. Since then, Cristiano Ronaldo became an idol in Madrid and would lead the white team to win 5 champions since his arrival.

In 2018, the player decided to face another different path in his career and ended his time at Real Madrid to reach Juventus, where despite failing to win the Champions League, he had remarkable numbers with the Italian team. It would be in 2021 when Ronaldo would leave the team to return to the place where everything started, Manchester United.

In his first season with the Red Devils, Ronaldo became the team's top scorer, guaranteeing his stay the following season. However, the problems with Erik ten Hag and the lack of minutes, caused the player not to feel comfortable and look for a way out. After a series of behaviors and an interview with Piers Morgan, the club opted to terminate the contract with the player by mutual agreement. With this said, a former Barcelona player came out in defense of the player.

Ronaldo's defense

Given this, Arturo Vidal came out in defense of the Portuguese ensuring that his poor performance at United was due to Erik ten Hag, who at the moment is still in charge of the Red Devils. During a broadcast on his twitch channel, the Chilean stated:

In addition, he took the opportunity to send a message to the coach Jorge Sampaoli, who coincided with Vidal during his time with Flamengo and compared his situation with Cristiano Ronaldo's situation.