By Daily Sports Nigeria on September 13, 2022
Manchester United’s players expect Cristiano Ronaldo to push to leave in January.
Despite scoring 24 goals last season, Ronaldo has started just one league match this term – United’s humiliating 4-0 defeat against Brentford – with Erik ten Hag preferring Marcus Rashford up front instead.
The Sun says United’s first team stars think the Portuguese icon will have his sights set on an exit at the start of 2023 due to struggling to adapt to ten Hag’s style of play.
“All the players loved it when Ronaldo came back to United last season but they are frustrated he missed pre-season,” a source said.
“The manager put a lot of work into giving the squad detailed information about what he wanted them to do and how he wanted them to play.
“Ronaldo is not up to speed with that and is relying on instinct when he plays. But that doesn’t work in Ten Hag’s system.
“He often demands the ball too early in build-up play and drops deep for the ball, but that means when the ball is wide there is no-one in the middle to hit it into.
“It’s clear that the success they have had this season is from following tactical instruction rather than the individual brilliance they relied on last season.
“Ronaldo is likely to find himself on the bench again going forward.”
Source Sporting Sun
Posted September 13, 2022
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