Cristiano Ronaldo’s interview sparked reactions, Bruno Fernandes criticized the World Cup in Qatar, and Dejan Kulusevsky was named in the Team of the Week.
Here are today’s English football news headlines.
Weekend Conversation: Ronaldo is under fire
An exclusive interview with The Sun (or yes, Piers Morgan) with Cristiano Ronaldo It fell like a bomb on Monday night. The reactions after the Man United player said he felt betrayed and that coach Erik ten Hag had never shown him respect was massive.
Jamie Carragher, whose relationship with Ronaldo was lukewarm to say the least, took to Twitter to question the Portuguese’s claims:
“Ronaldo during ETH: He says he wants to leave, refuses to be replaced, leaves the bench and disappeared before the match ended. 99 per cent of all United fans will be on ETH’s side, which shows how badly Ronaldo handled this,” Carragher wrote.
The Times journalist Henry Winter walks the same path: “Cristiano Ronaldo belongs to the past, and Erik ten Hag is the future.” However, Winter adds that the Portuguese has a point when he criticizes Man United’s “outdated” facilities.
Samuel Lockhurst, senior writer for the Manchester Evening News, reported that the club had yet to respond to Ronaldo’s adventures, believing it “it’s surreal that Ronaldo was captain a week ago” and that he “failed to read the hall and overshadowed the positive results with more negativity”.
One of Ronaldo’s most notable quotes is about Wayne Rooney. His former teammate has been open about what he thought of Ronaldo’s behavior in recent weeks.
– I don’t know why he’s criticizing me so much… Maybe because his career is over while I’m still playing at a high level, Ronaldo says with a laugh before adding:
– I wouldn’t say I look better than him. Which one is correct…
Quote from the weekend: Ronaldo Rangnick’s boots
If you are not a coach, how can you lead Manchester United? I’ve never heard of him before, says Cristiano Ronaldo of interim coach Ralf Rangnick who took over when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired.
This weekend’s tournament review: Fernandez is striving for the championship
Manchester United beat Fulham (without Cristiano Ronaldo) after a late 2-1 goal from 18-year-old star Alejandro Garnacho. After the match, the last before the start of the World Cup, I interviewed Bruno Fernandes and Christian Eriksen. Above all, Fernandez had a few things to say about the impending championship.
– Of course that’s strange. We don’t want to play the World Cup at this exact time. For fans and players, the kids will be at school and people at work. Fernandez told Sky Sports we know what was said about the people who died building stadiums.
– We are not satisfied with this at all. This should never happen. But in particular, the World Cup, which should be a party for fans and players, should take place in a different way.
Eriksen agrees with his teammate.
– I totally agree with Bruno. Dane says I think everyone would agree that it wasn’t done right.
Swedish Weekly: Kulusevski in Team of the Week
Dejan Kulusevski returned to Tottenham’s start in 11 against Leeds and took the 4-3 win. So much so that he was named to the BBC’s Team of the Week.
“The 22-year-old Swede has been behind two fantastic goals and continues to prove to be an invaluable part of an unconvincing Tottenham,” per the justification.
Weekend Status: Arsenal in pole position
Arsenal top Premier LeagueA table at Christmas for the first time in 15 years. However, the club has never won the league the five times this has happened previously, most recently in 2007/08 when it finished third. It is worth noting that the table in December won 10 of the previous 13 seasons – in the other three seasons, it overtook Manchester City and took the title.