The unexpected revelation of a former Manchester United coach about Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is living a new stage in his career, away from European football. The Portuguese player decided in January 2023 that it was time to change his course and after certain conflicts with the current Manchester United coach, he ended up accepting the offer from Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia and became the highest paid player in history. However, months after his departure, a former coach of the player confesses situations that went wrong when CR7 returned to Manchester.

Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Manchester United from Juventus Turin in 2021. The Portuguese's intention was to live a second glorious stage in the club with which he grew up as a footballer and even won his first Ballon d'Or. However, despite a great At the beginning, things did not go as expected, especially after the arrival of Erik Ten Hag. However, prior to the Dutchman's arrival, the coach who received CR7 was precisely Ole Solksjaer.

"It was a very difficult decision to reject and I felt that we had to make it, but it turned out badly," the coach confessed in the interview he gave to The Athletic. "He felt very good when he signed. The fans felt the same in that Newcastle game, Old Trafford was vibrating (Cristiano's double)," he highlighted the first moments and added: "He was still one of the best scorers in the world and physically "He seemed strong."

What reasons did Solksjaer give for CR7's failure at Man United?

"I looked at the list of games and saw that I wanted a key period with Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham and Leicester. Then came Chelsea and Arsenal, in addition to the Champions League games. Many things started to go against us," the coach remarked when The bad ones turned out to start piling up. In that context, he detailed: "When you have a group, you need everyone pulling in the same direction. When things weren't going well, you could see that certain players and egos came to light." After this, coach Erik Ten Hag took charge and little by little he erased Ronaldo from the starting team, to the point that he left him on the bench or even did not call him up.