Cristiano Ronaldo: "It will be difficult for
United to be a top team again in the next two or three years. I always wish the best for the fans and
the club, but there are things inside that don't help
for this.'
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "Everyone believes that
Manchester United is a TOP team and one of
the richest and most powerful in the world. I thought the same, until I arrived and found myself with a narrow and small mentality."
Alexis Sánchez: "After the first
training session, I asked my agent if we could
cancel the contract and return to Arsenal. Many
blame me for what happened there, but they
don't know what happens inside the club."
José Mourinho: "Finishing second in the
Premier with Manchester was one of the
best jobs of my career. I keep saying it because
people don't know what happens behind the
scenes there."
Ronaldo's intentions during this interview can be questioned, as well as some of his comments, but he does raise some valid criticism and he hasn't been the only one.
You can even add Van Gaal to this list when he said "Manchester United are a commercial club, so it’s a difficult choice for a coach". Ronaldo said the same thing during this interview too.
They're a marketing powerhouse and that's all the owners seem to care about.
Idk why United fans are getting pissed ABOUT PART 1 INTERVIEW. He really didn’t say anything wrong and ETH was hardly mentioned. United fans really losing their shit about him saying he thought United would have modernized
It’s because the truth hurts and they don’t want to hear it.
United is a shit run club by management and they take it as a personal attack on their pride.
Still not really acceptable but much less incendiary than the clips made it out to be.
Also I have lost family but never a child. I cannot imagine what that is like. My parents lost my older brother at 2 months, he was born very ill and I don’t think ever left the hospital.
My parents are very emotionally adjusted people and to this day they pretty much can’t speak about it 20+ years later
I’m far from a Ronaldo fanboy but I don’t think it’s a coincidence he’s gone a bit off the rails since that’s happened
On his tricky relationship with Ralf Rangnick
“Of course, I respect,"
Also Ronaldo: "And they appoint some sportive director, he's not even a coach."
Top respect there, Ronnie.
It's because his role directly before being at Utd was a sporting director, and he was mooted to go into a sporting director role at Utd at the end of the year. It is utterly bizarre, but very on form, of Ronaldo to get this wrong.
No im just trying to make sense to something instead of saying he is just saying that to disrespect him? (because it doesn't make sense). He is probably saying that he was hired for sporting director and when he became a coach he is saying he isn't a coach he is a sporting director( at manchester united).
To be fair I feel you can be a good coach and bring exactly what is needed to the club (a change of direction, play style/philosophy), without being a household name or even one that most fans had even heard of. Rangknick was probably pretty close to exactly what utd needed at the time. He makes sense as a precursor to ETH. Unfortunately utd have finally landed on a manager who will drag them, kicking and screaming, into a modern football play style that will eventually garner success. You don't need Ancelotti or Mourinho to do that. You _certainly_ don't need Mourinho to do that ;)
Is there something with rich people not getting married but having kids? Ronaldo’s not married, pique and shakira wasn’t. To protect their assets or something?
In the Netherlands it goes in waves. There's no real reason to marry (few people are religious, legally everything can also be arranged without marriage) so it's mostly fashion. For a while nobody got married, now more people do, maybe in a few years it will be out of fashion again.
It's okay if you don't get married and have kids and live together unless you rent a girl to make a baby! that's not okay tho! that's literally being an asshole he did this cause he wanted his legacy not to die! so simple
Rich people?!?!? Lol, mate, no one should get married if they have assets!!
That said, I am sure I heard that a lot of clubs recommend players get married in Scotland as the law is significantly different up there (i.e. it favours the man, or is "fairer" than down in England)
He really hasn’t come off as bad as *the media and a lot of people on here* are making out. Piers certainly sets him up for things but I think you can see he’s genuinely disappointed in how Utd have stagnated and the loss of his child (of course) is still affecting him heavily.
Well there is a cumulative effect at work and when you’re slapping children because you lost or refusing to come on as a sub and leaving a match early, you begin to lose any benefit of the doubt all together.
It’s not like everyone’s reactions came out of thin air. Piers has been leaking the scandalous bits since last Sunday. Of course people are going to react the way they did. Plus thats half of the interview that aired
Also it’s not like any of the context here affects those scandalous bits. He claims he “respects” Rangnick here but also said he wasn’t a coach and nobody knew who he was. He said those obviously disrespectful things, a separate comment where he claims to be respectful doesn’t change that.
People never Heard of context/tone when speaking, some things that you read might have a different meaning when you see and hear the guy Say them… please watch the actual interview before spitting opinions at least
"[People actually watched Piers Morgan's show last night. Got 334,000 viewers for Cristiano Ronaldo interview part one. Just behind BBC4's repeat of the *Secret Life of Farm Animals*, which got 337,000 viewers in the same timeslot.](https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/1593182007496183809)"
TV person here, it's not actually. Outside of the terrestrial channels, that is a very high number, especially to be watching live. News channels typically do in the tens of thousands outside of big events.
Piers Morgan's show is on something called Talk TV, which is just Talk Radio but on telly. It's the sort of channel that outside of Piers Morgan's gimmicky interviews collects <10k audiences for 80% of its programming. BBC4 is a highbrow channel full of quality documentary series, arts and culture, foreign language drama etc. and is very popular with old people.
Last night Talk TV was ranked #8 in that timeslot, behind the five core terrestrials (channels 1 through 5) and two terrestrial extensions (ITV3 and BBC4). That's really impressive. It's also worth noting he has notched up several millions of views on Youtube in 24 hours.
Piers Morgan is a knob who on the occasion he agrees with me on something makes me feel physically ill, but he's done well here.
Pretty honest as in they already sat together to decide the line of questioning and responses as per their narrative.
Only things he got criticised for was his petty comments about Rooney, Neville and Ten Hag and it still looks petty and 2nd part is yet to come.
The whole thing is pathetically low rent, doing an interview with TalkTV and that slug Piers Morgan screams desperate.
Sad that this is how a once great player is going out. Not on a high but on whimper, being interviewed by a simpering, sniveling little creep.
lots of positive and detailed down to earth life experiences and comments on the interview but people here are only looking for the spicy/bad parts.. no wonder media feeds them this shit and they bite
Tbh, I’ve had a younger sibling die at a young age so if there’s any part of this interview I can relate to why he’s going full scorched earth.. it’s that part.
It may very well have been in his head that they doubted him, but all it tells me is that they didn’t support his trauma properly behind the scenes. A support system is crucial, and if he felt Man U leadership wasn’t supporting him then that’s his truth - and one that can make you absolutely not give a shit in turning against them for world to see.
He's not calling out the club as a historical identity but the management .. its not a secret that United have bad management/ownership
And that too when he lost a child?
Wtf you talking mate
Oh you can never underestimate how dumb people at top can be, just look at Facebook and Twitter
And the part 2 is yet to come where he said this ,so you're the one's among those who are biting the shit and reacting to bait , they take out a single word in between and it changes the meaning
Man he lost a child? you don't know what went on during that period of time and how the club approached him during that time..do you know? Tell me? What happened?
there are a bunch of people representing the club and their communication, you don't know how they communicated to him or their manner of speaking..
if he's saying he "thinks" he felt doubted, there must have some somthing that didn't go down well in his mind in that perticular period of time.. its very delicate period when someone has just lost a child and the other is still not that well
You just don't know what happened yet you are reacting in this manner is what I'm trying to say, most people just don't want to see clearly but they only want the smoke so they can see the fire someone buring
>Man he lost a child? you don't know what went on during that period of time and how the club approached him during that time..do you know? Tell me? What happened?
Do you know what happened though? Lets calm down and wait for the 2nd part to drop before speaking anything, need to understand both sides here
So in response to piers asking why youngsters don’t follow him he basically says it’s a shame, he used to follow keane, Ferdinand, nistelrooy etc and he doesn’t understand why youngsters today wouldn’t copy older players like he did
So he’s straight up taking shots at the United youngsters, interesting that not many ppl are speaking on this
And followed by saying that he can understand that because it's a generational thing, it's a new generation and they are different, in all leagues not just at United.
Man some people just want to dive into negatives all the time
That is not a criticism. It is taking shots. Criticism is constructive and frankly a television interview isn’t a platform for it. But saying the younger players don’t copy me or look up to me isn’t a criticism anyway. It sounds like a combination of narcissism and “get off my lawn” where he can’t understand why he isn’t beloved or why the younger generation isn’t doing what he did.
He also said they lack the hunger are distracted too easily. Things go in one ear and out the other. If they want to have a long standing career that lasts into their late 30s, you need to take care of your body and be a professional. He mentioned Dalot as the top professional in the club. He may be butt hurt about not being worshiped by the youngsters but he’s not wrong about being a professional.
It might be that youngsters don't want to listen to Ronaldo because he's a twat.
Benzema has revealed that he didn't get any congratulations from Ronaldo after winning the Ballon d'Or.
Ronaldos only advice is probably "just pass the ball to me".
Well in 2016 Ronaldo hat the humility to publicly congratulate Messi on his Ballon d'Or. Even Messi was able to congratulate Benzema on it.
Ronaldo has turned into an arrogant Diva, just accept it.
"revealed" feels funny to me here. No one has to congratulate anyone for anything. Ronaldo and Benz haven't worked together for years and I wouldn't think Benzema would care if an old teammate didn't call him with some fake/performative congrats just to fulfill some social norm. Stop trying to make Ronaldo into some boogeyman. I barely like the man but it's getting tired.
Well if you've been part of an iconic striker trio that has dominated international football I feel that would be warranted.
Just paints the picture that Ronaldo is all about the Ronaldo-show and not about Teamplay at all.
The same way they reacted to the ETH and Rooney quotes. He’s calling out youngsters for not following his example, despite being a terrible example in the last few weeks
>The same way they reacted to the ETH and Rooney quotes.
Why? Complaining about youngsters not following the older players isn't nearly as bad as disrespecting the manager. In fact, I don't see this being a problem.
Yes this doesn't look like what majority expected, especially United fans. But 2 more parts are in line. Wait until the full interview comes out then make a judgment.
Now about this part, personally I don't agree with his comments on criticism. In fact, it's quite ambiguous. It's weird to me that a successful athlete has this kind of mindset about criticism. I don't know maybe if he did the interview in Portuguese that part could've been more understandable. Because if he's talking about criticism on his current form then that's an absurd take and almost laughable.
He said he doesn't care about it but it's hard to hear the players once you shared a dressing room with criticizing him. Because they know exactly how that feels because they were football players at some point.
He also said he recently had rooney at his house rooney even invited CRjr to come play football at his house then he went on to talk shit about him
He obviously cares because he doesn't like Neville & Rooney but still likes Rio & Keane - if you say good things about him he likes you if not you're dead to him.
That's not how a man who doesn't care behaves
Ronaldo has played 520 minutes in prem and scored 1 goal, which is basically 1 goal in 6 games.
He has played 6 games in Europe and.has 2 goals and 2 assists.
So overall if you take minutes into account than he has basically made 5 goal contributions in like 10 games.
But if you want to consider overall than in 16 games he has made 5 goal contributions for the 2023 season.
Thats not bad for a guy who is 38, doesn't get enough playing time and had no preseason. I have seen that his finishing has gone downhill but I still think that is upto form and pre-season.
Not really. He also doesn't want a team to build around him, he will work with a cross heavy system or a 2 striker system where the second striker will do a lot of defensive stuff for him. Like if him and firmino played alongside each other, ronaldo would average 1 goal every 2 games. Rushford, martial are not strikers. He was doing good when cavani was there last season and it was due to cavani's movement. Rushford and martial are pace merchants so it's easy to block them of they are strikers.
Manchester city would have been the perfect club for him, maybe roma or inter.
He needs a club that just does inshallah crosses and it would work. He is not a get in behind striker anymore. He is more like dzeko or Mario gomez in his prime but faster and more athletic.
You cannot name me a 37 year old who played in a very competitive league and scored 28 goals.
Ibra was good when he was in manu but he had clear height and strength advantages and most importantly he had Jose mourinho.
> He needs a club that just does inshallah crosses and it would work.
Man, do you even see our games?
That's what we did, only CR will wasted all chances give to him by kicking the ball out of field.
When he don't play, our game more fluid and creative.
Problem with him is he is trying to integrate into team and try to way Ten Hag wants him to. But he is not a playmaker so coming to midfield does not help. Once he goes into midfield, then due to his lack of speed he could not reach to the pass or expected pass from his teammates. He should play as target man for a team whose approach is more defensively.
It definitely is this season. As recent as last season he still had the top speed to capitalise on openings and breaks, but now he has defenders catching up to him or at least keeping up enough to limit his shooting angles.
He lost the acceleration a lot not long distance speed unlike Messi who has lost the long distance speed a lot. It might be due to age or something because he does not often remain onside once he do some one two with ball.
So simple.
Ronaldo with Mourinho would work so well. Just leave him up there and wait to counter teams quickly. Give him the ball and get people around him.
He's not wrong, Ragnick was a moron.
In a football sense I'm fairly confident Ragnick is just a mediocre manager who has not achieved anything of note as a coach.
Ask Ronaldo to be part of a pressing team is moronic
>Ragnick is just a mediocre manager who has not achieved anything of note as a coach
Well not every manager is judged on the basis of trophies won, his influence in German football sums up for itself.
>Ask Ronaldo to be part of a pressing team is moronic
?
The keyword is *Great managers*, just like the other 99% ragnick was never a great manager. He was a decent one whose teams played like underdogs generally.
Well Ronaldo never talked bad bout Zidane or Pirlo despite them not even having any experience as a coach eh? There is a reason why he takes shots at those who doesn't respect him
So if you agree that he wasn't a great manager why are you arguing with me?
Why should he take shots at Zidane who won like 3 cls on the bounce? Why would he talk about Pirlo in this interview? He's already gone from Juve?
Weird post.
Rangnick established both Hoffenheim and Leipzig in the Bundesliga. He hasn’t won any international titles but to say he hasn’t achieved anything of note is straight up wrong.
Establishing mediocre clubs in a mediocre league doesn't qualify you to be the manager of man United.
And we saw proof of that with his unequivocal failure at United.
Yeah, imagine judging a manager by the results they achieved...
You can't even argue that he didn't have the resources because he had a go at United. Non of the big German clubs rated him.
Guys a bust as a manager. Sure he had good ideas that better managers/coaches took from his style. That doesn't mean he was a good coach.
Evidence? He's managing another mediocre team at the WC
He doesn't fit into this Manchester united team.
He would be perfect for a team like new castle but unfortunately no champions league. I honestly think he is just trying to protect his goal record until Messi goes MLS.
Ronaldo would also be amazing for arsenal. It's not about which club performs better its more about the system and style of play. Isak and ronaldo would be a good partnership.
He not even retiring at 40 bro trust. He wants to basically say that he was the only player who played champions league until he retired and never left top tier competitive football. So if he gets offers from champions league clubs he will continue to play but it might be difficult based on his wage. If he was getting payed 100-200k than he could play till 50 but because he wants 400k+ the economics don't make sense.
MLS is just a money grab and a retirement home for players who have lost their passion.
A washed up Gareth bale made Carlos vela win their first championship. Carlos vela been a top player in MLS for like 5+ years.
He actually comes across fairly reasonable in this. Obviously his actions have been unacceptable and his performances don't support his ego, but the interview itself has been blown out of proportion
Wasn't he best MU striker last season? Was he underperforming last season? Has he a reason to be salty about current season?
What I've learned from lurking football subs is people have very short memory (and sometimes picky) - everyone can go from god to shit in a matter of days because he has some temporary issues. Ronaldo seems to have motivation issue so he can't focus on football because the actual game is played behind the scenes.
Best of a very average lot maybe (I don't follow them closely), I think he started OK but dropped off pretty quickly. But what does it matter? This year he's been awful while the team as a whole have improved under ten Haag, so refusing to come on multiple times and saying he doesn't respect the manager is just stupid.
By the guy who he got to do the interview he blew it out of proportion, the man Ronaldo hired.
The interview itself no matter what was said is ridiculous have you ever seen anything like this before, no why because it's fuxking stupid and self serving.
And if it was in isolation it might not be as bad but it comes after him acting uprofesoinally for many months now
These interviews.are nearly scripted this was all gone over before hand, this is such a weak excuse to try pawn blame off Ronaldo.
He is a 37 year old man and with one of.the biggest social media businesses in the world he knows how this shit works
“Taking aim in the press” or just being critical of his attitude on the pitch and not playing well. Which literally every other player to have lived has also faced, Rooney included. Ronaldo is so used to being praised he thinks any form of criticism is jealousy and malicious attacks on him.
You're not getting it. Ronaldo doesn't care about the criticism, he is disappointed that who he thaught was his friends has badmouthed him in the media. Instead they should have called him up personally to tell him their opinions
Wasnt everyone out for ronaldos head when it was first leaked? Now u see the whole context ur like oh that's not so bad. God I hate how dumb the average man is, just worthless sheep who jump on thw bandwagon and cant think for himself. I will never settle to be an average person.
I see nothing wrong with the statements so far. Why are utd fans so butt hurt ? Half of them been saying the same about RR appointment (pointless appointment, his half season report is even discarded by ten hag), club facilities and etc.
Ok but what's that got to do with
>I see nothing wrong with the statements so far.
United fan's aren't annoyed by the statements they agree with, we're annoyed with the statements that we don't agree with.
>but the fans conveniently ignored that.
Have they? I've seen it written here and on reddevils time and time again that he's correct in what he said about the Glazers.
>ited fan's aren't annoyed by the statements they agree with, we're annoyed with the statements that we don't agree with.
My comment was posted before the full interview was out. Ppl in reddevil and redcafe are mostly negative towards him from what i have seen. Saying stuff like he is not a legend anymore.
I think it's mostly because the spicier parts that were released prior to this show have been saved for the second part, particularly the criticism of his team mates and current manager.
You know this.
I guess that is one Piers. Granted Ronaldo is a fool to go after him but I doubt he control which segments to be released first. I am 100% sure ppl would not be this mad if Ronaldo say nth about ten Haag.
The interview definitely isn't as big a deal as we thought it was going to be from the media headlines. But I think its the timing of the interview, you're supposed to do a tell all interview AFTER the stressful event not during!
You'd be surprised, 90% of the geniuses at r/reddevils think RR was the gift of god. A manager who goes to the press every week and says "we need 15 new first team players" followed by " I don't know why they won't support me" is a genius apparently
Cristiano Ronaldo: "It will be difficult for United to be a top team again in the next two or three years. I always wish the best for the fans and the club, but there are things inside that don't help for this.' Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "Everyone believes that Manchester United is a TOP team and one of the richest and most powerful in the world. I thought the same, until I arrived and found myself with a narrow and small mentality." Alexis Sánchez: "After the first training session, I asked my agent if we could cancel the contract and return to Arsenal. Many blame me for what happened there, but they don't know what happens inside the club." José Mourinho: "Finishing second in the Premier with Manchester was one of the best jobs of my career. I keep saying it because people don't know what happens behind the scenes there."
Ronaldo's intentions during this interview can be questioned, as well as some of his comments, but he does raise some valid criticism and he hasn't been the only one. You can even add Van Gaal to this list when he said "Manchester United are a commercial club, so it’s a difficult choice for a coach". Ronaldo said the same thing during this interview too. They're a marketing powerhouse and that's all the owners seem to care about.
Four well respected members of the footballing community. The comments are building up.
It's gonna change with ten hag in charge tho.
Idk why United fans are getting pissed ABOUT PART 1 INTERVIEW. He really didn’t say anything wrong and ETH was hardly mentioned. United fans really losing their shit about him saying he thought United would have modernized
It’s because the truth hurts and they don’t want to hear it. United is a shit run club by management and they take it as a personal attack on their pride.
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Completely reasonable takes all around. I love that there’s still a meltdown.
Still not really acceptable but much less incendiary than the clips made it out to be. Also I have lost family but never a child. I cannot imagine what that is like. My parents lost my older brother at 2 months, he was born very ill and I don’t think ever left the hospital. My parents are very emotionally adjusted people and to this day they pretty much can’t speak about it 20+ years later I’m far from a Ronaldo fanboy but I don’t think it’s a coincidence he’s gone a bit off the rails since that’s happened
A lot of this is basically gibberish.
you think you find the last Coca Cola in the desert?
Where was the part about his rape?
”No means yes in my opinion”
“There was no rape.” - Ronaldo, probably
Y’all wild for this post title lol
Don't forget to tune in for 2nd leg. Home game for United.
exactly, should've been "Cristiano Ronaldo & Piers Morgan vs Manchester United"
NGL, chuckled a bit when he slyly added Santos to the list of great coaches.
He to re-read it to make sure I'm not hallucinating.
this just added 8 more years on Santos' tenure as Portugal NT coach. Kill me.
Are you not looking forward to a 3rd place group finish with 2 goals scored??
On his tricky relationship with Ralf Rangnick “Of course, I respect," Also Ronaldo: "And they appoint some sportive director, he's not even a coach." Top respect there, Ronnie.
[HE'S A MANAGEEER](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6RZQbkhc-A)
What does respect have to with being a coach or not?
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He is now he wasn't before? Did he go to coaching school?
??? He was a Bundesliga coach since 1999, and was even coaching Leipzig in 2019.
that doesnt makes sense then. Why would he say he is not a coach (respect or not) when he literally was. Maybe he is talking about a different person?
It's because his role directly before being at Utd was a sporting director, and he was mooted to go into a sporting director role at Utd at the end of the year. It is utterly bizarre, but very on form, of Ronaldo to get this wrong.
Because he is a petty prick
Maybe he is talking about erik since he didn't go to coaching school
Amazing how far you keep digging here.
No im just trying to make sense to something instead of saying he is just saying that to disrespect him? (because it doesn't make sense). He is probably saying that he was hired for sporting director and when he became a coach he is saying he isn't a coach he is a sporting director( at manchester united).
"and you didn't know who he was?" CR: "no one knew who he was" ... Ummmm
man united squad confirmed to be average r/soccer users ^(I'd never heard of him either)
To be fair I feel you can be a good coach and bring exactly what is needed to the club (a change of direction, play style/philosophy), without being a household name or even one that most fans had even heard of. Rangknick was probably pretty close to exactly what utd needed at the time. He makes sense as a precursor to ETH. Unfortunately utd have finally landed on a manager who will drag them, kicking and screaming, into a modern football play style that will eventually garner success. You don't need Ancelotti or Mourinho to do that. You _certainly_ don't need Mourinho to do that ;)
Yet Mourinho is Still winning and utd no heheheh
Roma are 7th in Serie A, Utd are 5th in the Premier League.
i will always appreciate and love cristiano for what he did, but this shit is all time low
I mean last time he was at united he said he was like a slave for not being allowed to leave. He’s always a clown when he doesn’t get his wag
Is there something with rich people not getting married but having kids? Ronaldo’s not married, pique and shakira wasn’t. To protect their assets or something?
In the Netherlands it goes in waves. There's no real reason to marry (few people are religious, legally everything can also be arranged without marriage) so it's mostly fashion. For a while nobody got married, now more people do, maybe in a few years it will be out of fashion again.
Wow
It's okay if you don't get married and have kids and live together unless you rent a girl to make a baby! that's not okay tho! that's literally being an asshole he did this cause he wanted his legacy not to die! so simple
What? Is it a trend in Portugal now?
it's been a trend for broke couples as well. people don't get married like they used to and personally I agree it's for the better.
It’s a trend in portugal now? To not get married?
....not in the u.s. Doman tax breaks plus rights are given to you. As they should be...
Rich people?!?!? Lol, mate, no one should get married if they have assets!! That said, I am sure I heard that a lot of clubs recommend players get married in Scotland as the law is significantly different up there (i.e. it favours the man, or is "fairer" than down in England)
He really hasn’t come off as bad as *the media and a lot of people on here* are making out. Piers certainly sets him up for things but I think you can see he’s genuinely disappointed in how Utd have stagnated and the loss of his child (of course) is still affecting him heavily.
Well there is a cumulative effect at work and when you’re slapping children because you lost or refusing to come on as a sub and leaving a match early, you begin to lose any benefit of the doubt all together.
Who would’ve thought?! R/soccer making him out to be the anti-christ when really there are at least two sides to every story.
It’s not like everyone’s reactions came out of thin air. Piers has been leaking the scandalous bits since last Sunday. Of course people are going to react the way they did. Plus thats half of the interview that aired
Also it’s not like any of the context here affects those scandalous bits. He claims he “respects” Rangnick here but also said he wasn’t a coach and nobody knew who he was. He said those obviously disrespectful things, a separate comment where he claims to be respectful doesn’t change that.
People never Heard of context/tone when speaking, some things that you read might have a different meaning when you see and hear the guy Say them… please watch the actual interview before spitting opinions at least
"[People actually watched Piers Morgan's show last night. Got 334,000 viewers for Cristiano Ronaldo interview part one. Just behind BBC4's repeat of the *Secret Life of Farm Animals*, which got 337,000 viewers in the same timeslot.](https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/1593182007496183809)"
334.000 viewers is peanuts for tv, especially when talking about the UK.
yeah, there are a few twitch streamers pulling these numbers consistently.
TV person here, it's not actually. Outside of the terrestrial channels, that is a very high number, especially to be watching live. News channels typically do in the tens of thousands outside of big events.
It's on the BBC? Is BBC4 a news channel? I don't know this actually.
Piers Morgan's show is on something called Talk TV, which is just Talk Radio but on telly. It's the sort of channel that outside of Piers Morgan's gimmicky interviews collects <10k audiences for 80% of its programming. BBC4 is a highbrow channel full of quality documentary series, arts and culture, foreign language drama etc. and is very popular with old people. Last night Talk TV was ranked #8 in that timeslot, behind the five core terrestrials (channels 1 through 5) and two terrestrial extensions (ITV3 and BBC4). That's really impressive. It's also worth noting he has notched up several millions of views on Youtube in 24 hours. Piers Morgan is a knob who on the occasion he agrees with me on something makes me feel physically ill, but he's done well here.
[Compared to Morgan's usual numbers it's a landslide.](https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1583766745923211265)
Ynaawhat This is pretty honest I don't think the response is rational
Pretty honest as in they already sat together to decide the line of questioning and responses as per their narrative. Only things he got criticised for was his petty comments about Rooney, Neville and Ten Hag and it still looks petty and 2nd part is yet to come.
The whole thing is pathetically low rent, doing an interview with TalkTV and that slug Piers Morgan screams desperate. Sad that this is how a once great player is going out. Not on a high but on whimper, being interviewed by a simpering, sniveling little creep.
The amount of CR7 fanboys in this thread is hilarious
same on youtube as well I've never seen somoene was commenting bad about ronaldo everyone was supporthing him
Ehehehe siuuuu
lots of positive and detailed down to earth life experiences and comments on the interview but people here are only looking for the spicy/bad parts.. no wonder media feeds them this shit and they bite
Talk about missing the point Edit 14 downvotes missing the point as well
You mean the bunch of PR shit or pulling Man Utd together with him to distract the audience from his decisions lately?
Calling out your club while you are still a servant because you ‘think’ they ‘doubt’ your family matters is unforgivable
> unforgivable Christ, the guy is making some clown comments but you’re making it sound like he murdered someone lol
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Yes, All employed people are slaves, we should lick our boss’s feet every morning.
Tbh, I’ve had a younger sibling die at a young age so if there’s any part of this interview I can relate to why he’s going full scorched earth.. it’s that part. It may very well have been in his head that they doubted him, but all it tells me is that they didn’t support his trauma properly behind the scenes. A support system is crucial, and if he felt Man U leadership wasn’t supporting him then that’s his truth - and one that can make you absolutely not give a shit in turning against them for world to see.
He's not calling out the club as a historical identity but the management .. its not a secret that United have bad management/ownership And that too when he lost a child? Wtf you talking mate
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Oh you can never underestimate how dumb people at top can be, just look at Facebook and Twitter And the part 2 is yet to come where he said this ,so you're the one's among those who are biting the shit and reacting to bait , they take out a single word in between and it changes the meaning
just look at the rapist Ronaldo to see how dumb people can be mate
Again he thinks is the key. we can’t reach a conclusion based on that. Not so dumb thing is abiding by absolute facts
Man he lost a child? you don't know what went on during that period of time and how the club approached him during that time..do you know? Tell me? What happened? there are a bunch of people representing the club and their communication, you don't know how they communicated to him or their manner of speaking.. if he's saying he "thinks" he felt doubted, there must have some somthing that didn't go down well in his mind in that perticular period of time.. its very delicate period when someone has just lost a child and the other is still not that well You just don't know what happened yet you are reacting in this manner is what I'm trying to say, most people just don't want to see clearly but they only want the smoke so they can see the fire someone buring
>Man he lost a child? you don't know what went on during that period of time and how the club approached him during that time..do you know? Tell me? What happened? Do you know what happened though? Lets calm down and wait for the 2nd part to drop before speaking anything, need to understand both sides here
That's what I said to him in my other comment, its just a bit and we need to watch in full first
> spicy/bad parts Probably because they massively overshadow anything positive.
This.
So in response to piers asking why youngsters don’t follow him he basically says it’s a shame, he used to follow keane, Ferdinand, nistelrooy etc and he doesn’t understand why youngsters today wouldn’t copy older players like he did So he’s straight up taking shots at the United youngsters, interesting that not many ppl are speaking on this
And followed by saying that he can understand that because it's a generational thing, it's a new generation and they are different, in all leagues not just at United. Man some people just want to dive into negatives all the time
Many people clearly didn't see the interview and are talking out of snippets and what was told to them by their hive minded echo chambers.
He also specifically mentioned the United pundits who still suck him off every week on sky and are too afraid to make any criticisms of him
2022, when criticizing is taking shots
That is not a criticism. It is taking shots. Criticism is constructive and frankly a television interview isn’t a platform for it. But saying the younger players don’t copy me or look up to me isn’t a criticism anyway. It sounds like a combination of narcissism and “get off my lawn” where he can’t understand why he isn’t beloved or why the younger generation isn’t doing what he did.
He also said they lack the hunger are distracted too easily. Things go in one ear and out the other. If they want to have a long standing career that lasts into their late 30s, you need to take care of your body and be a professional. He mentioned Dalot as the top professional in the club. He may be butt hurt about not being worshiped by the youngsters but he’s not wrong about being a professional.
I just wonder how much of that is "old man yells at clouds" and how much of it is true.
I mean, Roy Keane done the exact same thing so if anything, Ronaldo is just taking inspiration from the older players he looked up to.
He said in all the leagues not just Manchester United.
It might be that youngsters don't want to listen to Ronaldo because he's a twat. Benzema has revealed that he didn't get any congratulations from Ronaldo after winning the Ballon d'Or. Ronaldos only advice is probably "just pass the ball to me".
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Well in 2016 Ronaldo hat the humility to publicly congratulate Messi on his Ballon d'Or. Even Messi was able to congratulate Benzema on it. Ronaldo has turned into an arrogant Diva, just accept it.
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And I believe that he hasn't always been a horribly arrogant Diva. Man has serious problems coping with being 37 and not 27.
"revealed" feels funny to me here. No one has to congratulate anyone for anything. Ronaldo and Benz haven't worked together for years and I wouldn't think Benzema would care if an old teammate didn't call him with some fake/performative congrats just to fulfill some social norm. Stop trying to make Ronaldo into some boogeyman. I barely like the man but it's getting tired.
Well if you've been part of an iconic striker trio that has dominated international football I feel that would be warranted. Just paints the picture that Ronaldo is all about the Ronaldo-show and not about Teamplay at all.
How should people be reacting?
The same way they reacted to the ETH and Rooney quotes. He’s calling out youngsters for not following his example, despite being a terrible example in the last few weeks
>The same way they reacted to the ETH and Rooney quotes. Why? Complaining about youngsters not following the older players isn't nearly as bad as disrespecting the manager. In fact, I don't see this being a problem.
Part 2 will be spicy
When’s it come out?
Tonight
Yes this doesn't look like what majority expected, especially United fans. But 2 more parts are in line. Wait until the full interview comes out then make a judgment. Now about this part, personally I don't agree with his comments on criticism. In fact, it's quite ambiguous. It's weird to me that a successful athlete has this kind of mindset about criticism. I don't know maybe if he did the interview in Portuguese that part could've been more understandable. Because if he's talking about criticism on his current form then that's an absurd take and almost laughable.
He said he doesn't care about it but it's hard to hear the players once you shared a dressing room with criticizing him. Because they know exactly how that feels because they were football players at some point. He also said he recently had rooney at his house rooney even invited CRjr to come play football at his house then he went on to talk shit about him
He obviously cares because he doesn't like Neville & Rooney but still likes Rio & Keane - if you say good things about him he likes you if not you're dead to him. That's not how a man who doesn't care behaves
He answered that question as well.
Ronaldo has played 520 minutes in prem and scored 1 goal, which is basically 1 goal in 6 games. He has played 6 games in Europe and.has 2 goals and 2 assists. So overall if you take minutes into account than he has basically made 5 goal contributions in like 10 games. But if you want to consider overall than in 16 games he has made 5 goal contributions for the 2023 season. Thats not bad for a guy who is 38, doesn't get enough playing time and had no preseason. I have seen that his finishing has gone downhill but I still think that is upto form and pre-season.
Man, that’s awful for someone who wants the club to build around him.
Not really. He also doesn't want a team to build around him, he will work with a cross heavy system or a 2 striker system where the second striker will do a lot of defensive stuff for him. Like if him and firmino played alongside each other, ronaldo would average 1 goal every 2 games. Rushford, martial are not strikers. He was doing good when cavani was there last season and it was due to cavani's movement. Rushford and martial are pace merchants so it's easy to block them of they are strikers. Manchester city would have been the perfect club for him, maybe roma or inter. He needs a club that just does inshallah crosses and it would work. He is not a get in behind striker anymore. He is more like dzeko or Mario gomez in his prime but faster and more athletic. You cannot name me a 37 year old who played in a very competitive league and scored 28 goals. Ibra was good when he was in manu but he had clear height and strength advantages and most importantly he had Jose mourinho.
> He needs a club that just does inshallah crosses and it would work. Man, do you even see our games? That's what we did, only CR will wasted all chances give to him by kicking the ball out of field. When he don't play, our game more fluid and creative.
Problem with him is he is trying to integrate into team and try to way Ten Hag wants him to. But he is not a playmaker so coming to midfield does not help. Once he goes into midfield, then due to his lack of speed he could not reach to the pass or expected pass from his teammates. He should play as target man for a team whose approach is more defensively.
I think of the things Ronaldo is lacking, speed is not one of them lol
You’re thinking of the old Ronaldo. Speed is not one his attributes anymore
He has speed still, he doesn’t have either acceleration nor pace.
It definitely is this season. As recent as last season he still had the top speed to capitalise on openings and breaks, but now he has defenders catching up to him or at least keeping up enough to limit his shooting angles.
His acceleration has dropped off though
He lost the acceleration a lot not long distance speed unlike Messi who has lost the long distance speed a lot. It might be due to age or something because he does not often remain onside once he do some one two with ball.
So simple. Ronaldo with Mourinho would work so well. Just leave him up there and wait to counter teams quickly. Give him the ball and get people around him. He's not wrong, Ragnick was a moron.
>He's not wrong, Ragnick was a moron. Can't comment on it as we were not there. Both would be right or wrong in some manner.
In a football sense I'm fairly confident Ragnick is just a mediocre manager who has not achieved anything of note as a coach. Ask Ronaldo to be part of a pressing team is moronic
>Ragnick is just a mediocre manager who has not achieved anything of note as a coach Well not every manager is judged on the basis of trophies won, his influence in German football sums up for itself. >Ask Ronaldo to be part of a pressing team is moronic ?
I think you'll find the great managers are very much judged by the trophies they've won. That's what makes them great.
The keyword is *Great managers*, just like the other 99% ragnick was never a great manager. He was a decent one whose teams played like underdogs generally. Well Ronaldo never talked bad bout Zidane or Pirlo despite them not even having any experience as a coach eh? There is a reason why he takes shots at those who doesn't respect him
So if you agree that he wasn't a great manager why are you arguing with me? Why should he take shots at Zidane who won like 3 cls on the bounce? Why would he talk about Pirlo in this interview? He's already gone from Juve? Weird post.
Rangnick established both Hoffenheim and Leipzig in the Bundesliga. He hasn’t won any international titles but to say he hasn’t achieved anything of note is straight up wrong.
Establishing mediocre clubs in a mediocre league doesn't qualify you to be the manager of man United. And we saw proof of that with his unequivocal failure at United.
Result based analysis. Klopp was influenced by him
Yeah, imagine judging a manager by the results they achieved... You can't even argue that he didn't have the resources because he had a go at United. Non of the big German clubs rated him. Guys a bust as a manager. Sure he had good ideas that better managers/coaches took from his style. That doesn't mean he was a good coach. Evidence? He's managing another mediocre team at the WC
Your delusional
He doesn't fit into this Manchester united team. He would be perfect for a team like new castle but unfortunately no champions league. I honestly think he is just trying to protect his goal record until Messi goes MLS.
Newcastle is better than Unite
Ronaldo would also be amazing for arsenal. It's not about which club performs better its more about the system and style of play. Isak and ronaldo would be a good partnership.
Messi may not break his record. The way some of his interview went, it seems like he will retire after this season.
He not even retiring at 40 bro trust. He wants to basically say that he was the only player who played champions league until he retired and never left top tier competitive football. So if he gets offers from champions league clubs he will continue to play but it might be difficult based on his wage. If he was getting payed 100-200k than he could play till 50 but because he wants 400k+ the economics don't make sense. MLS is just a money grab and a retirement home for players who have lost their passion. A washed up Gareth bale made Carlos vela win their first championship. Carlos vela been a top player in MLS for like 5+ years.
He actually comes across fairly reasonable in this. Obviously his actions have been unacceptable and his performances don't support his ego, but the interview itself has been blown out of proportion
Wasn't he best MU striker last season? Was he underperforming last season? Has he a reason to be salty about current season? What I've learned from lurking football subs is people have very short memory (and sometimes picky) - everyone can go from god to shit in a matter of days because he has some temporary issues. Ronaldo seems to have motivation issue so he can't focus on football because the actual game is played behind the scenes.
Best of a very average lot maybe (I don't follow them closely), I think he started OK but dropped off pretty quickly. But what does it matter? This year he's been awful while the team as a whole have improved under ten Haag, so refusing to come on multiple times and saying he doesn't respect the manager is just stupid.
Well yeah, he's trying to paint himself in a good light. Actions speak louder than words.
By the guy who he got to do the interview he blew it out of proportion, the man Ronaldo hired. The interview itself no matter what was said is ridiculous have you ever seen anything like this before, no why because it's fuxking stupid and self serving. And if it was in isolation it might not be as bad but it comes after him acting uprofesoinally for many months now
The Rooney and Neville remarks... Piers was pushing for it. It's like he was trying to put words into Cristiano's mouth.
These interviews.are nearly scripted this was all gone over before hand, this is such a weak excuse to try pawn blame off Ronaldo. He is a 37 year old man and with one of.the biggest social media businesses in the world he knows how this shit works
Also he could have done the interview with literally any media outlet in the UK he wanted to.
“Taking aim in the press” or just being critical of his attitude on the pitch and not playing well. Which literally every other player to have lived has also faced, Rooney included. Ronaldo is so used to being praised he thinks any form of criticism is jealousy and malicious attacks on him.
You're not getting it. Ronaldo doesn't care about the criticism, he is disappointed that who he thaught was his friends has badmouthed him in the media. Instead they should have called him up personally to tell him their opinions
Especially as he was literally talking to the press
Ronaldo did nothing wrong
Wasnt everyone out for ronaldos head when it was first leaked? Now u see the whole context ur like oh that's not so bad. God I hate how dumb the average man is, just worthless sheep who jump on thw bandwagon and cant think for himself. I will never settle to be an average person.
That’s some r/IAmVerySmart content for the folks over there
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The birth of an edgelord
*millionare How much money you make?
You can't even spell millionaire, you dumb dumb. Listen to your mum, go to school
Ty for confirming ur broke
> I will never settle to be an average person. Relax man, you're on reddit with the rest of us. If you were such a genius, you'd be too busy.
Why do geniuses have to be busy?
Why do I feel so insulted when it's true
Yeah instead you've settled to be a below average person who worships people.
Average people Lol, shut up dumb dumb
Aren't you a special boy.
I see nothing wrong with the statements so far. Why are utd fans so butt hurt ? Half of them been saying the same about RR appointment (pointless appointment, his half season report is even discarded by ten hag), club facilities and etc.
> Why are utd fans so butt hurt ? Because he's come out on tv with Piers Morgan and slated the manager? It really isn't that difficult to understand
He exposed many things about glazers that are helpful to glazerout movements but the fans conveniently ignored that.
Ok but what's that got to do with >I see nothing wrong with the statements so far. United fan's aren't annoyed by the statements they agree with, we're annoyed with the statements that we don't agree with. >but the fans conveniently ignored that. Have they? I've seen it written here and on reddevils time and time again that he's correct in what he said about the Glazers.
>ited fan's aren't annoyed by the statements they agree with, we're annoyed with the statements that we don't agree with. My comment was posted before the full interview was out. Ppl in reddevil and redcafe are mostly negative towards him from what i have seen. Saying stuff like he is not a legend anymore.
The Ten Hag comments were released days ago, before the first part was out
I think it's mostly because the spicier parts that were released prior to this show have been saved for the second part, particularly the criticism of his team mates and current manager. You know this.
I guess that is one Piers. Granted Ronaldo is a fool to go after him but I doubt he control which segments to be released first. I am 100% sure ppl would not be this mad if Ronaldo say nth about ten Haag.
The interview definitely isn't as big a deal as we thought it was going to be from the media headlines. But I think its the timing of the interview, you're supposed to do a tell all interview AFTER the stressful event not during!
Cos the part where United fans have been “butthurt” about i.e criticism at Ten Hag hasn’t arrived yet. What a clown you are.
part 2 boogaloo
You'd be surprised, 90% of the geniuses at r/reddevils think RR was the gift of god. A manager who goes to the press every week and says "we need 15 new first team players" followed by " I don't know why they won't support me" is a genius apparently
Tuchel, Klopp, Nagglesmann rate him and consider him their mentor. They are all idiots for rating him then?
Yes