Cristiano Ronaldo has been on everyone’s mind ever since the end of the previous season. The Premier League’s sixth-place finisher, Manchester United, fell 13 points short of qualifying for the Champions League....CONTINUE READING
Even though the Portuguese striker still has a year remaining on his contract, there have been increasing rumors concerning his exit from the club since it became mathematically definite that the Red Devils won’t participate in the upcoming Champions League.
After playing inconsistently for Juventus last season, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to United in the summer. In Manchester, Ronaldo had anticipated to join a strong squad that would enhance his legacy, but that has not happened.
Defensive fragility to blame for the downturn
United’s defensive weakness under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick made it impossible for them to win any trophies last year.
In the first round of the knockout stages of the Champions League, they were defeated by Atletico Madrid, while the FA Cup and Carabao Cup each delivered their own kind of agony.
Despite the striker’s stats being rather impressive the veteran scored 24 goals in 37 appearances across all competitions—all of this happened.
