Cristiano denounces that Manchester United has made him a "black sheep"

The Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo has declared this Sunday that he has felt "betrayed" by his club, Manchester United, which has turned him into a "black sheep" who is blamed for everything that has gone wrong in the entity, and believes that he is now being forced to leave.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
13 November 2022 Sunday 17:31
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Cristiano denounces that Manchester United has made him a "black sheep"

The Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo has declared this Sunday that he has felt "betrayed" by his club, Manchester United, which has turned him into a "black sheep" who is blamed for everything that has gone wrong in the entity, and believes that he is now being forced to leave.

"Manchester United tried to force my departure. Not only the coach, but also the rest of the people around the club. I felt betrayed," Cristiano Ronaldo told the English journalist Piers Morgan in statements collected by the Efe agency.

"I feel like some people didn't want me at Manchester United, not just this year, but also last season," he added. Referring to his last managers at United, the Portuguese said he only respects Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was sacked just weeks after Cristiano Ronaldo's return to the club.

On Ralf Rangnick he stated: "If you're not even a manager, how can you be the boss of Manchester United? I've never heard of him." Of Erik Ten Hag, who suspended Ronaldo last month for refusing to be substituted at the last minute against Tottenham, he said: "I have no respect for him because he doesn't show me respect. If he doesn't respect me, I will never respect him." .

Also to his former teammate, Wayne Rooney, very critical of the Portuguese: "I don't know why he criticizes me so badly... probably because he finished his career and I'm still playing at a high level. I'm not going to say I look better than him, which is true."

Ronaldo says Old Trafford officials came to doubt him when he explained why he couldn't return, leaving him feeling "hurt" and "bad".