Cristiano Ronaldo has now been consigned to Manchester United history by ERIK TEN HAG.
Ronaldo left Manchester United in November after his contract was ripped up and has since signed a staggering £400 million contract with Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia.
The Portuguese superstar, 37, claimed he wanted to play Champions League but has ended up in the Saudi Pro League.
And when asked what he thought of Ronaldo’s decision to sign for Al Nassr, United boss Ten Hag delivered a brutal snub.
He said: “I don’t talk about the past. Let’s talk about the future.”
Ronaldo had said he felt betrayed by United and did not respect Dutchman Ten Hag in a controversial TalkTV interview with Piers Morgan.
Al Nassr played at Al Khaleej for the first game since the announcement on Friday, winning 1-0 to take the league lead.
A combined XI from the Saudi teams Al Nassr and Al Hilal could play Ronaldo’s Paris Saint-Germain in an all-star friendly, according to reports from last night.
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While everything was going on, Ronaldo’s former teammate at Old Trafford, Rio Ferdinand, justified the move to Saudi Arabia.
For any football player, regardless of ability, he said: “Happiness and the atmosphere you play in are two of the most crucial things.”
He hasn’t been content in a while, so I’m glad he’s about to find it and move on to pastures new, even if it’s in a nation where not many people anticipated him to go.
“For me, there are only two sad things. I regret how everything ended at Manchester United.
“There was a hint of sadness in the way his World Cup ended, being on the bench and not making much of an effect in his final one.
But how do you view the fact that the following chapter is set in Saudi Arabia as a source of sadness? A depressing way to conclude his career? I fail to comprehend why those folks would say that.