Cristiano Ronaldo knew his interview with Piers Morgan would imply his time at Manchester United was over, Morgan has mentioned.
Speaking on FS1 within the United States, Morgan mentioned he believed the 37-year-old knew the interview would spell the top of his second spell at Old Trafford.
When Morgan was requested if he thought Ronaldo knew what impact the interview would have, he mentioned, “To be honest, I think he knew.”
Manchester United introduced on Tuesday that Ronaldo’s contract with the membership has been terminated. In a press release, they mentioned Ronaldo’s exit was “mutually agreed”.
Ronaldo’s departure got here after he gave a controversial interview during which he criticized the membership and the Glazer household, in addition to saying he had “no respect” for supervisor Erik ten Haag.
“Look, he’s a very smart guy, Cristiano, he knows what he’s doing,” Morgan mentioned.
“He and I’ve had a relationship a number of years in the past, and when he referred to as me it was like ‘I need to do an interview, I need to say every little thing.’ I mentioned, ‘If you say every little thing I feel you are going to say, you may most likely have to depart the membership’. He went: ‘I do know.’ So he knew what he was doing.
“He did not assume it was sure, he did not need to say in interviews that I’m undoubtedly leaving, I’m leaving United. But this was a person who realized on the finish of his tenure that his The coach, Ten Haag, was being insulted by the house owners, whom he mentioned by no means met with membership officers (and) believed him when he mentioned his daughter was sick.
“So you set it collectively, you’ve got bought an outrageous man who I feel is the very best to ever play the sport. That mentioned sufficient.
However, it appears Ronaldo put the incident behind him when he scored from the penalty spot on Thursday to assist Portugal beat Ghana 3-2 of their 2022 World Cup opener.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
