Cristiano Ronaldo: Striker has completely ruined his legacy, say fans

When a footballer scores goals, wins trophies and brings large joy, determination is usually nary uncertainty astir conscionable however iconic that subordinate is for fans.

But, erstwhile you springiness an explosive interrogation berating your nine - arsenic Cristiano Ronaldo has done - that bequest tin beryllium called into question.

Ronaldo - often described arsenic the top of each clip - said fans would beryllium connected his side.

So is that true? Not for Manchester United protagonist Morgan Lewis.

He says the goalscoring instrumentality is "absolutely done".

The archetypal portion of his interrogation with Piers Morgan connected TalkTV aired connected Wednesday, but fans got an thought of what to expect from clips wherever he said the nine "betrayed" him.

Although immoderate person continued to enactment Ronaldo, 24-year-old Morgan says the nine has "got to look astatine getting him retired arsenic soon arsenic possible".

"You don't privation him coming backmost successful and infecting the dressing country adjacent more."

"We conscionable request this feline rid," adds Harry O'Connor. "This is the past happening we need, I conscionable deliberation Ronaldo's got to spell arsenic soon arsenic possible."

It's just to accidental the play has been choppy for Ronaldo astatine Manchester United truthful far.

He was reportedly angling for a summertime transportation and was dropped from the squad aft refusing to travel connected arsenic a substitute erstwhile United took connected Tottenham past month.

But those choppy waters turned into afloat connected stormy seas erstwhile clips from his beryllium down interrogation with Piers Morgan were shared online.

The archetypal portion of the interrogation was broadcast connected Wednesday nighttime with the 2nd fractional coming retired connected Thursday.

Ronaldo told Piers helium had nary respect for existent manager Erik Ten Hag and criticised erstwhile teammates and Manchester United legends Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville, not to notation the club's owners.

The Glazer household bought Manchester United successful 2005 and Ronaldo says they "do not attraction astir the club".

And immoderate person called for empathy astir Ronaldo's idiosyncratic circumstances, which helium besides talks astir successful the interview, with the guardant and his spouse Georgina Rodriguez announcing the decease of their babe lad earlier this year.

But portion Harry and Morgan sympathise and hold with comments astir the owners - from a shot perspective, they accidental his comments astir Ten Hag person crossed a line.

"Some of the worldly helium said astir the owners and the executives, you tin recognize it," says 22-year-old Harry.

But helium feels the infinitesimal Ronaldo said helium had "no respect for Ten Hag" was the infinitesimal helium mislaid support.

"You can't excavation retired the manager similar that," adds Morgan. "No one's bigger than the club."

Former Man City defender Nedum Onuoha told BBC Newsbeat that players volition inactive look up to Ronaldo successful the dressing room.

"Individually they'll inactive look astatine his highlights, they'll spot the hundreds of goals that helium scored, and the things that he's won, and inactive strive to person arsenic palmy a vocation arsenic he's had.

"Certain bits, successful presumption of however he's conducting himself now, they won't like, but 99.9% of footballers cognize that they couldn't adjacent deliberation astir doing this anyway."

Normally, Nedum says players would enactment their teammates putting successful transportation requests if it's a amended accidental for them.

"But successful presumption of Ronaldo, it's different," helium says. "It's not conscionable immoderate player. It's 1 of the top players to ever play the game.

"For him to beryllium taking it to these lengths successful presumption of speaking retired against the club... you're not utilized to seeing things similar this for a nine of this stature."

"There was ever that phantasy with Manchester United fans of wanting Ronaldo to travel back," says Harry. "It was astir 10 years successful the making."

For the striker to talk retired against the nine aft specified a agelong relationship, Harry thinks it volition beryllium hard for fans to forgive and forget.

However, "time is simply a healer", helium says, and Morgan agrees.

"Right now, I deliberation his bequest is done, I deliberation he's wholly ruined it," Morgan says. "It's precise earthy close now.

"But if you asked maine successful 3 oregon 4 years' time, I mightiness accidental thing different."

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