Ten Hag reveals Ronaldo the Lazy Exercise at MU

Almost four years passed, Erik ten Hag finally opened his voice about the tension between him and Cristiano Ronaldo during Manchester United. He called the striker not as expected.

Ten Hag who entered the summer of 2022 only trained Ronaldo for a few months before the Portugal bomber was cut off by the MU in November of the year after attacking the club in an interview with Piers Morgan journalist.

In the interview Ronaldo said he had no respect for Ten Hag because he was also unrespected. CR7 then moved to Al Nassr and survived until now, while Ten Hag lasted in Old Trafford until 2024, winning one Carabao Cup and one FA Cup.

Now, Ten Hag who has become the director of Twente engineering in the Dutch League is willing to revisit that when visited by The Athletic. He assessed Ronaldo's attitude back then had failed the team.

"He let down the team, and he let me down, I flew to Portugal to talk to him about what I wanted to achieve before I joined United," Said Ten Hag.

"Obviously, he's one of the best in football history. I respect him very much. However, at the time, as a manager, I had to make rational decisions and keep the players I admire."

According to Ten Hag, Ronaldo withdrew from his training session, didn't raise his heart rate to the level requested in training, and only completed two of the three laps required by Ten Hag finished losing 0-4 from Brentford in August 2022.

"I confronted him about this. So many times I say, 'Ronnie, everybody wants to work for you so they can put you in the right position, but if you can't get yourself into the penalty box, you can't score.' He's incapable of doing so."

"It's wrong to assume that I sue him for pressing until he's exhausted. But he can't. He doesn't run, whether the team has the ball or not. The reason is because he didn't prepare himself."

"Every top team must embrace its star player, but the star player must also work for the team. He said to the other players," Save your strength at practice. "

"I understand that when someone is in a prime physical state; in a particular training session, you can save energy. However, earlier you had to train yourself to reach the proper fitness level," obviously.

Ten Hag believes Ronaldo's behavior has affected a number of players. "The players must act; they bear a great responsibility. For some, football is not a top priority. As for some players, the MU is not a top priority," obviously Ten Hag.

In the course of Ten Hag, Ronaldo dropped 16 for MU all over the world, scored three goals and two assists. The Athletic wrote that Ronaldo's representatives had been questioned about this, but not responded until this interview was released to the public.