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Cristiano Ronaldo has criticised Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag and said the nine indispensable "rebuild everything" successful bid to vie for football's biggest prizes again.
The Dutch brag is nether unit aft United's eighth-placed decorativeness past play - their lowest successful Premier League past - and 2 defeats successful their opening 3 games astatine the commencement of this campaign.
And Ronaldo, who had 2 spells astatine the nine earlier leaving for Saudi Arabian broadside Al-Nassr, questioned Ten Hag's mentality.
"The manager says they cannot vie to triumph the [Premier] League and Champions League," helium told the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, external, which comes retired connected Thursday.
"As Manchester United coach, you cannot accidental that you're not going to combat to triumph the league oregon Champions League.
"Mentally [you can] accidental possibly we don't person that potential, but I cannot accidental that. We're going to try, you person to try.
"What I privation for Manchester [United], it's what I privation for maine - [to be] the champion squad they can.
"I emotion that club... I'm not that benignant of feline that forgot the past."
In his six-year archetypal spell astatine United, Ronaldo won 3 Premier League titles, the Champions League, 2 League Cups and an FA Cup - arsenic good arsenic the Fifa Club World Cup and Community Shield - earlier transferring to Real Madrid successful 2009.
He re-joined United from Juventus successful August 2021 and scored a full of 145 goals successful 346 appearances for the nine earlier helium moved to Al-Nassr successful December 2022.
Just a period earlier, Ronaldo had told presenter Piers Morgan helium was being "betrayed" and pushed out successful a arguable tv interview.
And speaking to erstwhile United team-mate Ferdinand connected his podcast, the Portugal guardant said determination had been "no evolution" pursuing erstwhile brag Sir Alex Ferguson's status successful 2013.
United person not won a Premier League rubric since then, but co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to reconstruct them to their erstwhile glories aft purchasing a 25% involvement successful the nine and his Ineos squad taking implicit shot operations.
Ronaldo added: "They request to rebuild everything, successful my opinion.
"The nine needs clip to rebuild due to the fact that it's inactive 1 of the champion clubs successful the world, but they request to change. They recognize that this is the lone way.
"This is wherefore they show, they commencement to alteration again, the operation of the club, the infrastructures and everything. The owners of the nine are investing successful the grooming crushed truthful I'm blessed [because things are changing].
"I judge that the aboriginal volition beryllium bright. I believe, but they don't beryllium lone connected the talents. They person to rebuild from the bottom. If not, they cannot compete. It volition beryllium impossible."
Ronaldo, however, has praised the club's determination to enlistee different erstwhile team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy to Ten Hag's backroom staff.
"If Ten Hag listens to Ruud, possibly helium tin [help himself]," helium added.
"I deliberation it tin assistance a batch due to the fact that helium knows the nine and the nine should perceive [to] the guys who were there.
"You [Rio] oregon Roy Keane oregon Paul Scholes oregon Gary Neville [or] Sir Alex Ferguson. You cannot rebuild a nine without cognition - not guys who enactment successful [the] office.
"The radical who recognize the shot are the radical who were determination successful the dressing room. They cognize however to woody with the players.
"So I judge that Ruud is going to assistance due to the fact that helium was wrong the club. He knows the club, helium knows the fans. If the manager listens to him, I deliberation they tin amended a small spot the club."
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