ESPN FC reacts to Cristiano Ronaldo's comments on Erik ten Hag and discusses if his career at Manchester United is over. ✔ Subscribe to ESPN+: espnplus.com/soccer/youtube ✔ Subscribe to ESPN FC on RU-vid: bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoESPNFC
@@SamuelSaveli firstly, it wasn’t a complaint, just a fact. Secondly, you really have enough time in your life to go out of your way to be rude to a stranger on the internet for no reason at all? That’s too bad.
He isn’t wrong to mention it. Appointing Ole as the united manager was more of a bad decision than even appointing Rangnick as the interim (considering Rangnick had experience as a manager in Schalke and all, I remember them reaching a ucl semi final when he was the manager)Ole had nothing to suggest he will be a success. Ole got the permanent job based on what happened in paris alone. His record even in that first season after that PSG win was a disaster. Craig keeps mentioning it because he strongly criticised that appointment then and he turned out to be right
Manchester united is the fair maiden Ronaldo left that has become transgender and he wont kiss her anymore. All the comprimised minds fall in line with each other as we listen to these experts wonder how fantastic the kings clothes are.
@@ollyv26 then why they signed him.what they were trying to build.and mark my words,this Manchester United team will never get any success till pep Guardiola is in manchester.
Last season, Leo Messi had a bad season, many people criticized him on tv, PSG fans booed him for UCL exit, and mostly Ronaldo fans tried to insult him, but Messi remained so calm, he didn’t complain or point his finger at anyone for his bad season. Ronaldo is selfish and cares only for himself. He complains everyone for his downfall especially the one who criticized him!
@@Ejusmichaelkerski In football professio, players can’t decide whether they’re on the bench or not! Only manager has such a power to make decisions! If you’re benched, you’re benched for a reason!
Was Messi disrespected by head coach? And insulted by head coach ? was Messi disrespected by club executives? Was attacked by his ex teammates? No bro , that's totally different situation
@@sorancheecho7211 if the player was benched by managers=disrespected by manager, meaning all players get disrespected everyday!🤔 if you’re benched, you’re benched for a reason! Deal with that!
@@zumasa9991 a player/manager is an employee, a club even if it is a trash club is an institution that has been in existence for over 100 years. So yeah, no one is bigger than the club.
Being a Messi fan is so much more relaxing, guy has no drama with coach or teammates, no Instagram paragraphs, no complaints and overall good vibes.He just comes & plays football, goes home and enjoys his time with his family. The greatest of all time for a reason.
I will never forget him celebrating his penalty in the 120th minute of the UCL final to put Real up 4-1 as if he just won the game. He could have put it into row Z and it would not have made a difference, but he is incapable of not making something about himself.
o.k. that was a bit of an exaggeration but would Man. U. have gathered more points and finished higher in the table had Ronaldo not played?? Look at Arsenal this year: no real leading goal scorer but look where they are. And look at Man. City with Erling Haaland, not top of the league despite all his goals.Of course we will never know for sure.
Man with all respect.. His goals kept up while other faded away to give him service.. United for the last season had rash 20, martial 20 and greenwood something around 20..while ronaldo came in others went to null 😂🤣
He's become so accustomed & obsessed with praises and adoration to the point where his ego won't allow him to accept anything that isn't in line with what he wants. The definition of a big baby
well said...Ronaldo actually wants everyone to worship him, not just respect, but worship as if he is GOD; his guts are the accumulation of too much worship, not even respect, from former coaches over the years.
Talking about the negative aspects of United (Zlatan and Mourinho said similar things) has nothing to do with Ego. It has to do with exposing BS in an institution where United fans themselves know the owners prioritize money rather than success. These are the people who refused ronaldo to leave in the summer which they could have done by reducing his transfer fee, just for ETH to seldomly play him. Your slander is unjustified
He left Madrid coz he thought Perez Disrespected him He left Juv coz he thought management disrespected him He is singing the same song in Man U. If this is happening with every club he joins then its time to self realization
i think its a different thing when you get criticized last season for scoring all the goals. Nobody get criticized like ronaldo. The guy was scoring goals at premier league and UCL and was still getting criticized its very easy for clown like you make a stupid comment
@@johnku888 hag was also disrespectful for lying saying ronaldo was in “his plans” but benched him almost every game and punished ronaldo for missing pre season because of his dead kid and let some players who missed pre season start and play more then ronaldo 🤦♂️
It’s all about me me me, literally had a child die, his other child was hospitalized, called out Manchester infrastructure for being the same 20 years later! Ronaldo did everything in his right to call out Manchester United.
Ronaldo would rather score goals and get all the glory than have his team win games. He's even gotten angry when teammates score. He's only worried about his records.
The interview in a nutshell: "I am so great but others are not up to my level and they disrespect me because they are jealous of me." The guy is a living legends and an egomaniac.
I have absolutely no problem with Ronaldo criticising the Glazers and the infrastructure of the club, but attacking ten Hag is baffling and makes him look desperate and insecure.
It's so convenient for them to forget how he practically carried this sorry team last year, this year he hasn't even been given a good run of games...playing with all these sub-par players and dealing with this shambles of club. These talking heads on ESPN FC are a joke as well...they couldn't even sniff his jock and they're complaining about his airing his grievances...the Glazer's have run this great club to the ground and now it's Ronaldo's fault...and as much as I respect ETH, but winning the Premiere League as opposed as winning the Eredivisie is totally different and he put his faith on Martial, Rashford and Antony...they are nowhere near close to Ronaldo even at this age.
How much more evidence do you need that the team plays better under ETH without him? Fine, he carried a terrible team last year. This year he’s been benched and the team is resurgent. As great as Cristiano has been, he’s on the decline and the team is actually showing signs of life moving on from him. Showing respect is one thing, playing him in a system that can’t use him is another.
He walked around all season long. Nothing to show on the pitch. Got pushed out or Barcelona after he bankrupted the club and fled to a farmer's league.
@@TonyMontanaDS still better than being a fraud who destroys the team rythm...!! 15 years Ronaldo hasn’t won a single Fifa world cup knockout match...that's 15 years...why?? No more farmers teams like Lithuania & Andorra in fifa wc.. His peesonal statpadding costs the team failure...this season It's proven...!! Ronaldo failed in Farmers league -- Serie A [Juve was winning - all the leagues even without him they were playing finals]
What really gets me is why now of all times. Now that the team is gelling together. Now that the play style is beginning to improve. Now is the time he chooses to do this? All he'll end up doing is bringing down squad moral.
Frank is right!! Messi is ahead of Ronaldo when it comes to attitude and resilience as it is all about changing the way you play now!! People may say that Messi plays in the farmers league but the way he has adapted to both PSG and the Argentina national team in a different manner compared to Ronaldo this season, is a massive gap!!
Well! That’s how NPCs like you would say. Y’all programmed the same, and y’all want other people to think and act like you otherwise they’re stupid. If I’m the best in the game I would act however I want, not following someone’s advice that is not as near as my level. Which no one on this panel was in his level even at 37!
@@herbertsavci228 clearly you are a Ronaldo fan boy, unlike you am a United Fanboy , not Ronaldo fc. No club wanted him in the summer, that's why he didn't go anywhere. The only club that wanted him was Chelsea but Tuchel rejected the proposal .
@@kingybhoy90 but the season before we finished 2nd and europa league final without him - lasr season he made us worse as a team n this season proves it
Since he Talked about it on an interview he is in bigger trouble now this going to cause him dearly after the World cup for sure maybe a contract termination this is sad to see one of the greatest player ending his career this way.
Would be funny if united cant sale ron at winter market, cant break contract without paying loads of money so they put ronaldo to train alone for the rest of season without playing him even once.
The Glazers won't terminate his contract, I can bet on that. His choices are: get a club to buy him, buy out the contract himself or rot away from the first team (which I bet is what they will do). Rich people are petty and don't get to where they are by letting people get their way with them.
@@BruceLee1.0 I would personally keep him. Make him train different times to the first team and take away his locker room. Unless he bought out his contact (that's the only way I would let him leave). Am petty like that.
Surely Ronaldo knew before he signed for utd second time round that the club was in mess regardless of who's to blame and now he starts to speak out in public as utd seem to be turning around from the decline that they have been in for years now .. or he's decided to openly speak out to engineer his way out of the club for the January transfer window
man utd are not turning around last i checked they were fifth in ranking and in for Europa league. The day they start to challenge for the league is when they have turned around.
When he signed the club had just finished in the second position in the EPL. I think he saw the club as one on its way up to reclaim the number one spot. Especially when saw Sancho and Varane signed up.
@@saketpandey3685 I'm not a man utd fan but you can't say they haven't improved on the last few years hence why I said turned it around , I never mentioned them challenging for any silver ware so not sure what your point is ?
Man utd is turning around? That's a great joke 😂😂😂 They've won against spurs, aston villa and just clutch fullham. Couldn't win against man city, new castle and got trash by brentford and only tied with Chelsea. And you really think their turning around? 🤦🏻♂️😂😂😂 What's the team's rank again mate? They were in route to be relagated last season before Ronaldo came and is now gonna play europa because of Ronaldo's goals but i guess no one remembers that anymore. And when something is not good with the team its all Ronaldo's fault cause he is the only one in the team right? There's no other people there right? Remind me again after all the wins what's ManU's rank? 🤔🤔🤔😌
I'm enjoying this. We Juve fans were laughed at when we dared to suggest that Ronaldo was a problem at our club. The Premier League pundits responded with "How can Ronaldo ever be the problem??", but they never watched Juve week in, week out. We knew, we could see his deline on the field and we could see his poor attitude off it. We wanted him gone and most of us were happy when he left our club.
This isnt first time. He has shown signs of this in national team, real and juve. If he was not the center of attention he snapped. Its just more apperent now
Everyone knew about cr7's tantrums and his attitude, its just people were reluctant to criticize his behaviour because it is football in context we are watching not his antics. But, since he isn't performing well either and his team performing better when he is benched, he lost his cool and he up'ed his antics also to the scale he is hurting only himself and no one else.
Poor United fans 2 blind 2 realise how sad of a situation exist at United to admit it. I said it wen Furgerson left this club wud take a decade to rediscover it's form or status in World football. It is about 10 yrs.
What does Messi have to do with this ?? This is completely different situations. Criticism is not what made Ronaldo act like this he's has recieved criticism more than anyone especially the like of ESPN...anyways Messi and Ronaldo are two different people of course they'll react differently
Different situations but remember Messi send a very threatening fax to the club wanting his immediate exit, again, both situations are completely different
Last thing Ten Hag needs is this. I love Cristiano. But he should learn that football isn't always going to rotate around him. And that interview expresses an egotistical, non-compromising Ronaldo. If you love United, you've got to love what's best for the club. And sometimes that means being benched and letting other players contribute. Stop being so selfish. For me this interview is not the nail in the coffin. Nail in the coffin is going to be Portugal, in the World Cup, struggling to score with Cristiano upfront. Maybe then he'll know that the reality is he's aging and can't do everything by himself any longer.
Brother how would you respect someone who doesn't trust your words ,if someone in your family was sick and needed you and your club doesn't believe you how would u feel ? For God's sake watch other parts of the interview
Agreed with most of your takes, except he never did anything by himself. At RM, he had two future Ballon D'or winners feeding him assists all the time, alongside other future hall of fame players. Oh by the way, Ronaldo never congratulated Benzema's Ballon D'or, tells you what kind of person Ronaldo really is.
You do realise most players are "selfish". Ronaldo was benched from the start of the season and that was unwarranted given he carried utd the entire season last campaign. You can blatantly see something was wrong between him and ETH. No other manager would treat Ronaldo like that. You're an embarrassment with your wishes for him to do poorly in the world Cup. What have you achieved in your life, in your domain. Sit down.
I’m 100% with Ronaldo about the Glazers but for him attacking Eric ten Hag and basically laying blame on everyone else in the team, I think we are truly witnessing one of the greatest fall of a legend. I always cherised Ronaldo of the past but he is not the same man he was, both in spirit and character. People does indeed changed, for good or bad
@@HT-xt4cn ETH made a wise decision. if ronaldo played they woulda lost by a lot more, and had he played and that did happen, everyone would be on Ten hags case cuz they get hammered by city. It’s an 11v11 sport and if u play city with only 9 men actually running, you are screwed
His character is the same. At madrid he pushed higuain, isco and others off the ball in a clear goal scoring chance. He has thrown his hands up in frustration a lot when another player scored a goal for his team. His character is still the same. He is childish, narssisitic, petty etc. Ronaldo has a very disgusting ego. He should take passing classes, freekick classes, dribbling classes, genius classes but most importantly humble classes from leo messi. Messi's ego is not as disgusting.
@@ryanhayes9290 I don't buy that. United were down 6-1 with 15 minutes of the game left. If EtH doesn't want to play Ronaldo, fine. But don't make it about some legacy thing. That's stupid and Ronaldo is right to feel slighted.
@@HT-xt4cn ETH wasn’t going to say ‘oh ya I didn’t play ronaldo because with him on the pitch we would’ve gotten spanked even harder’ 🤦🏿 what he said was to protect his player when asked why he didn’t play him 😂
Listening to these guys, it makes me realize people forget so easily. This is the same guy who saved man utd last season. I think he should have joined city and man utd fans would have understood what betrayal means.
Ronaldo is actually saying what United fans have been screaming about the Glazers for years, he's actually saying it, I'm shocked a current player is actually saying it
All ronaldo done is try to get the fans back on his side by flipping this on the glazers 😂 smart move tbh but it’s so very unprofessional and child like
@@juangamino3264 this is not a callout. This is him trying to protect his image and not look bad, because even he has realised by now this is not the way for a professional footballer to behave. This guy is meant to be an inspiration for kids 🤦🏿
Because the manager kept saying he planned for the season with Ronaldo and then benched him. This is a guy who 6 months ago was the second top scorer in the league and was named PL striker of the season. He didn't lose his talent over the summer months.
@@TonyMontanaDS and ron indeed in eth plan if not how do you explain his 1051 min in 16 matches despite flopping all the time? Ron surely doesnt lack of minutes.
@@hackle511 Please, just 6 months ago he was the second top scorer in the League and was named PL striker of the year. He's been playing like he doesn't care and released the interview on purpose to get out of the club.
2nd against a lampard Chelsea till January and a full of injuries Liverpool congrats on that 2nd place and man city who was completely healthy on all terms they crashed by 10+ points
Honestly, I don't see what everybody is surprised about in the Ronaldo affair. I have to wholly disagree with Stevie's comment that he's had a near perfect career. Ronaldo was always a narcissist, and narcissists are toxic by definition. He managed to get his way because he delivered. He was hired to score goals and that's what he did. Players look up to him because of his work ethic, and that's fine. But let's be clear--Ronaldo was always about Ronaldo. He's always been very egotistic. That's what his whole marketing strategy is all about--him, his looks, his performances, his goals, his salary, his girlfriends. He did not leave Madrid on good terms, he did not leave Juve on good terms, and he is not going to leave ManU on good terms. Other players have a lot of respect for him because of his record and work ethics, and I suppose you could say that is a form of leadership, but there are other aspects to leadership where he has been sorely lacking, and one of them is taking responsibility for your own failures. I think he's just having a hard time accepting that his better days are over and he is no longer in the limelight. There is nothing more frustrating than that for a narcissist. And it's showing.
That he refuses to congratulate Benzema who served him to become more of a hero tells all about Ronaldo. Greed is a self destructive element. Ronaldo will end in an ocean of bitterness
Underrated Comment..This is exact spot on brother 100%..Been watching football since 2008 and Ronaldo has always been this way...just coming up now as it was under the shadow of tap in goals, penalties and social media fans.
@@jakescourage So you are saying, money talks, nothing new there. You can say anything you like, as long as it is not SLANDER. He has talked about people at the club, but did not mention their names. If he is a man, or a mouse he should mention their names, and when he does, these people will be able to answer his bizarre claims. They, too, have the right to free speech & they DON'T need money to do so.
“It is Ronaldo. Manchester United. The Theatre is living its dream. Madeira, Manchester, Madrid, Turin & Manchester again. Reeved in Red. Restored to this great gallery of the game. A walking work of art. Vintage, beyond valuation, beyond forgery or imitation, eighteen years since that trembling teenager of touch and tease, first tiptoed on to the historic stage, now in his immaculate maturity, now CR7 reunited.” Peter Drury
This act of Cr7 will further cement Lionel Messi's place above him , in the memory of many many supporters ..... You have to have character , which weighs more than football talent ...Messi has that
Messi is always above him,, brainless fanboys opinions count???Nope.but Messi vs Maradona makes sense but now Maradona is better. World Cup is coming. Can Messi do it??
@@edsonmawalla4203 Goals only never makes one better man,, It's a stupid comparison. Lol...Ronaldo fanboys counting goal number of his tap ins and comparing that to World's finest Playmaker. Can't even win that golden boot race when other won 4 playmakers award in 5 years.
Gotta love how Ronaldo says he did this interview and criticizes the club/manager/staff because of his love for the club. Such nonsense. If he was starting every game this season, this interview never happens.
@@akmaljonqosimzoda8909 The Glazers are bad owners. This is the reason United fans are protesting 'Glazers out' every week. Ronaldo knew about this before he signed for United. But the disrespect on the manager, former manager and teammates by Ronaldo shows that he only cares about himself.
@@ksanborkharkongor820 Exactly. He never complained about Carrington or the chefs last year when Ole was giving him games. He is only publicly attacking the Glazers now that he is not getting games to keep fans on his side. He signed with the Glazers, has cashed all the Glazers checks, and didn't say a bad word until now, when Ten Hag has put him rightly on the bench.
@@ksanborkharkongor820 Ten Hag disrespected him by lying to him. Atleast 3-4 times said Ronaldo is in his plans that he is important player then went on not playing him in big games like city and tottenham
If you've watched him for the minutes he has gotten... Then you can tell eht he's being benched.. He's offering nothing and he plays for himself.... He's got to accept the decline like a man and not blame everyone
He said they didn't really believe....u know a lie when u hear one...that dude only tryna put a good reason for his awful actions and he got people like u to get that. U donut
Coming back to United it felt like an emotional decision, felt like he wanted to come back home and finish out is it came. He knew the club was in rebuild, not competing in UCL. Also wouldn't have Jorge Mendes advisee him on that? I do not see any betrayal. Love Cristiano but everything except what he said about the Glazers is just about his frustration and a diva tantrum. The rest of the team is enjoying Ten Hag and the changes in and around the team/club.
RC7 could have played occasionally, scored big goals late, mentor the kids and help Man U get back to where they were during the SAF era but instead he let his ego get the better of him and his career on the big stage is effectively over. So too is any chance of transitioning into a role at Man U after retirement.
CR7 spoke the truth for the rest of the fans around the world whose voices could and cant be heard. hate him or love him, but his words were TRUTH from the soul. Truth Hurts
Because they finished 2nd without him and then finished 6th with him scoring all those goals. Haaland scoring all those goals and City not in top. Arsenal have no crazy goal threats but are still on top. United lost 5 games this season and Ronaldo played in 4 of them. It’s clear they play worse when he’s on the pitch because they play to feed him, not to win which is a terrible recipe for the future. ETH is doing great with Ronaldo on the bench and Ronaldo had an amazing career but he needs to realize, he’s not on that level anymore.
Imagine selling a gazillion shirts the moment you signed, and these has-beens on espn saying that you're way past your prime. Half the team has no idea what "prime" is
Easy to criticizing Ronaldo but needs 100 yrs to be Ronaldo and all the media started criticized to Ronaldo since season start which is not fair now still media criticizing.
Stevie is wrong, Ronaldo was always diva but now he's a diva warming the bench and that's the main problem. Team is winning without him and that hurts his ego big time
@@lokmantamang9713 he wasn’t there the season before last 😂and they finished 2nd. And he and Varane were the only new players. At this point in his career, teams have to sacrifice way too much strategically, and only end up playing worse with him in the starting 11.
Too much pride is disastrously bad. Contentment and gratitude are virtues we all must inculcate into our daily lives. Manchester United brought Robaldo to the spotlight whatever happens or is going on in the club, Ronaldo should show some courtesy and be greatful. If you can't give back keep quit and don't complain.
Messi last season injured, got covid, a poorest season of his career and psg fans disrespected him as much as they can but he understood and accepted everything
Psg fans booed messi and neymar in their HOME ground everytime they got the ball but they kept there head down and accepted when you don't play to your standards people will come at you and now look at them the front three are ripping apart the league and messi in 5 UCL games scored 4 and assisted 4 goals this what great players do they take that negativity and you use it as a motivation
The thing is that psg won the league due to mbappe and playing in the championships league, Messi missed a crucial penalty against Real Madrid and they got knocked out of the tournament because of it. Also his stats were pathetic for a league like ligue 1.... So Messi wasn't doing some charity by keeping his mouth shut
@@akshaysharma7936 as i said he recovered from covid just few days before madrid match psg's defence was pathetic and Ramos stayed injured for full season that's also pathetic just like cr7's bitching
There is always two side to a story and maybe the club or manager pretend to treat him good but behind the scenes is different. Don't judge him before you know the full story and maybe he is telling the truth.
No one is thinking that Ronaldo might be telling lies. The people here are assuming that everything Cristiano said is true only; but he shouldn't have said these things. You can always criticise and whether you should criticise one in that way is the question: he when being a squad player, is criticising in this way! And about the respect, it's a lie. What I understand is that you have to earn respect. It's not like - if you don't respect me, I will not respect you. And he always stopped talking to or ignored the pandits who have criticized him even once. (By the way, these pandits most probably always respected Cristiano for the player he is, but he stopped respecting them).
@@ruddock7 exactly.. at this age and stage, if he wants to play football his own way perhaps he needs to create his own team CR7 united, make himself the president, the sporting director, the coach and the team captain. perhaps they will win the treble with him scoring a last minute screamer in the champions league final 😂😂😂
@Lee Coly yeah unfortunately. Unless he takes a massive pay cut ( more than 50%) i dont see any other european clubs going for him The reason why he wants to play in europe because his UCL scoring record is under threat. Messi is only 11 goals behind him
Listening to these guys, it makes me realize people forget so easily. This is the same guy who saved man utd last season. I think he should have joined city and man utd fans would have understood what betrayal means. The mistake Ronaldo made was to follow his heart to join Man utd
He saved United. He ruined the team. Scored 18 PL goals while team scored 16 less. Never before in the annals of football history has anyone done more to create less 🤣😅🤩. He totally fuked up the dressing room. I wouldn't let him go. Would put him with kids to train. He will walk out and save the pay off lol.
if you followed Ronaldo while he was at real madrid.. you would know about his attitude and “ego”. Sometimes when another Real Madrid player that wasn’t him who scored a crucial goal or was just having the spotlight he would look upset and sometimes even show it on the field.. so for me this isn’t something new.. it’s just surprising that he is letting it show this much & especially at this point in his career .
The top and bottom of all this is Ronaldo is upset and having a sulk because he's not getting picked because he's been woeful since January (as well as others) and he can't accept not being the top dog anymore
Wherever Ronaldo goes Billions of people will follow. That’s the power of the GOAT Whereever he’s playing his fans will be watching. I’ll see if the media will follow him then even when he retires 😂
I love that they showed the commentaries' stats and they match up to maybe one of Ronaldo's game lol.. they all like to see greatness fall.. it's what gets views
@@omariblake21 both... no one wants to see any kind of negativity within the team, club, and managers... but something isn't adding up even before Ronaldo got there... 🤔
