Cristiano Ronaldo had visited Eric Ten Hag’s office to tell his Dutch manager that his reputation had been damaged by his time at Manchester United, according to Patrice Evra.
The 37-year-old has only started one of 7 Premier League games so far this season, which was a 4-0 defeat to Brentford.
Ten Hag used that defeat to reshuffle his team, defeating Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Ronaldo to bring Raphael Varane, Terrell Malacia and Anthony Ilanga.
need Ronaldo He left the club in the summer but his desire was denied and his mood has worsened since then, as he is no longer a regular first team player.
Reports on Monday said Ten Hag decided to let Ronaldo leave the club in the transfer window in January after the striker reiterated his desire to leave Old Trafford.
Although the Dutchman rejects these suggestions, Evra says Ronaldo has definitely spoken to Ten Hag to tell him he wants to leave the club and that he feels his reputation has been damaged by sitting on the bench.
Evra said player Manchester United And the former Juventus told Betfair that Ronaldo didn’t have enough time to get back in shape.
“I’ve read news that Manchester United will let Ronaldo go in January, it’s a circus again, we’re back to what we’ve been doing all those years and I don’t understand it,” said the Frenchman.
“We are not inside the club, so maybe the coach and Cristiano talked before the season and Tin Hag said he had to be in shape and he would have a chance.”
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Evra continued: “I know that a player like Cristiano Ronaldo will not accept that it takes time and play to be fit.”
And he added: “Tin Hag gave Ronaldo the chance to play in the first two games and we lost, so he changed teams and they won four games in a row. In fact, what Tin Hag is doing is the right thing.”
Evra confirmed: “I didn’t like Tin Hag’s comments after the City game. When asked why he didn’t play for Ronaldo, he said it was a respect for his career.”
And he continued: “First of all as a coach you should never justify yourself, now everyone can discuss his decision, to respect Ronaldo’s career, why don’t you play with him and why didn’t he start? It doesn’t make sense.”
Evra continued: “Ronaldo wants to play the World Cup so he wants to be fit, he needs games, no matter your age, you have to have time to play to get back in shape, especially when you get older, people don’t understand, to become Agile you have to play games “.
“He didn’t have that time and I’m sure Ronaldo would have gone to Ten Hag’s office and said he didn’t want to damage his reputation and be the club villain,” he stressed.
Evra concluded: “Ronaldo moans every time he’s on the bench, he’s a professional, he’s training 100%, so maybe he asked Tin Hag to let him go in January, I don’t know what they said between them.”
