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Explosive quotes from Ronaldo's interview with Piers Morgan.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"I feel betrayed."<br><br>EXCLUSIVE: Cristiano Ronaldo tells Piers Morgan he feels like he's being forced out of Manchester United in an explosive interview.<br><br>90 Minutes with Ronaldo. Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on TalkTV.<a href="https://twitter.com/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cristiano</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TalkTV</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMU</a> <a href="https://t.co/nqp4mcXHB0">pic.twitter.com/nqp4mcXHB0</a></p>— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1591913800508350464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Since Sir Alex Ferguson left I saw no evolution in the club, the progress was zero."<br><br>Don't miss Piers Morgan's 90 Minutes with Ronaldo. Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on TalkTV.<a href="https://twitter.com/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cristiano</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TalkTV</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMU</a> <a href="https://t.co/VextyEu7f9">pic.twitter.com/VextyEu7f9</a></p>— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1591917823957372928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Full quotes that are currently available:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20415285/ronaldo-piers-morgan-interview-man-united-betrayal/
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“I feel betrayed.
“Some people, I feel, don’t want me here. Not just this year, but last year too.”
Ronaldo also touched on his relationship with Ten Hag, adding: “I don’t have respect for him because he doesn’t show respect for me.
“If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you.”
He also spoke on Ralf Ragnick’s time at the club, who was appointed interim manager after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure last season.
The Austrian has had significant success as a director of football but had not managed a team for 10 years before taking over at United in November last year, with Ronaldo commenting: “If you’re not even a coach, how are you going to be the boss of Manchester United? I’d never even heard of him.”
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On Wayne Rooney:
“I don’t know why he criticises me so badly... probably because he finished his career and I’m still playing at high level.”
Then he chuckles and adds: “I’m not going to say that I’m looking better than him. Which is true..”
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When his three-month-old daughter was hospitalised in July, and he could not return on time for pre-season training because he wanted to stay with her.
Ronaldo says senior executives at Old Trafford even doubted him when he explained why he couldn’t return, which made him feel “hurt” and “bad”.
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He was heading to United’s great rivals Manchester City when a personal appeal from his great mentor and father figure, Sir Alex Ferguson, drove him back to where he started.
“I followed my heart,” he says simply, tapping his chest. “He (Sir Alex) said to me, ‘It’s impossible for you to come to Manchester City’, and I said, ‘OK, Boss’.”
“The progress was zero,” he sighs. “Since Sir Alex left, I saw no evolution in the club. Nothing had changed.”
“I think the fans should know the truth,” he says. “I want the best for the club. This is why I come to Manchester United.
“But you have some things inside that don’t help (us) reach the top level as City, Liverpool and even now Arsenal . . . a club with this dimension should be top of the tree in my opinion and they are not unfortunately.”
He says: “As Picasso said, you have to destroy it to rebuild it (the artist’s exact quote was: ‘Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.’) and if they start with me, for me, it’s not a problem.
"I love Manchester United, I love the fans, they’re always on my side. But if they want to do it different… they have to change many, many things.”
As for what Sir Alex thinks of the current situation, Ronaldo says: “He knows better than anybody that the club is not on the path they deserve to be.
"He knows. Everyone knows. The people who don’t see that… it’s because they don’t want to see; they are blind.”
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Whatever happens, he made it clear to me that his heart will always be with the club and especially its fans.
He says: “They are the most important things in football. You play for them.
“They are always on my side. I feel that every time when I go out, when I walk in the streets, the fans come up to me and they appreciate what I do for football.
“The fans for me are everything. This is why I give this interview, because I think it’s the right time to speak my mind.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"I feel betrayed."<br><br>EXCLUSIVE: Cristiano Ronaldo tells Piers Morgan he feels like he's being forced out of Manchester United in an explosive interview.<br><br>90 Minutes with Ronaldo. Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on TalkTV.<a href="https://twitter.com/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cristiano</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TalkTV</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMU</a> <a href="https://t.co/nqp4mcXHB0">pic.twitter.com/nqp4mcXHB0</a></p>— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1591913800508350464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Since Sir Alex Ferguson left I saw no evolution in the club, the progress was zero."<br><br>Don't miss Piers Morgan's 90 Minutes with Ronaldo. Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on TalkTV.<a href="https://twitter.com/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cristiano</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TalkTV</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMU</a> <a href="https://t.co/VextyEu7f9">pic.twitter.com/VextyEu7f9</a></p>— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1591917823957372928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Full quotes that are currently available:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20415285/ronaldo-piers-morgan-interview-man-united-betrayal/
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“I feel betrayed.
“Some people, I feel, don’t want me here. Not just this year, but last year too.”
Ronaldo also touched on his relationship with Ten Hag, adding: “I don’t have respect for him because he doesn’t show respect for me.
“If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you.”
He also spoke on Ralf Ragnick’s time at the club, who was appointed interim manager after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure last season.
The Austrian has had significant success as a director of football but had not managed a team for 10 years before taking over at United in November last year, with Ronaldo commenting: “If you’re not even a coach, how are you going to be the boss of Manchester United? I’d never even heard of him.”
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On Wayne Rooney:
“I don’t know why he criticises me so badly... probably because he finished his career and I’m still playing at high level.”
Then he chuckles and adds: “I’m not going to say that I’m looking better than him. Which is true..”
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When his three-month-old daughter was hospitalised in July, and he could not return on time for pre-season training because he wanted to stay with her.
Ronaldo says senior executives at Old Trafford even doubted him when he explained why he couldn’t return, which made him feel “hurt” and “bad”.
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He was heading to United’s great rivals Manchester City when a personal appeal from his great mentor and father figure, Sir Alex Ferguson, drove him back to where he started.
“I followed my heart,” he says simply, tapping his chest. “He (Sir Alex) said to me, ‘It’s impossible for you to come to Manchester City’, and I said, ‘OK, Boss’.”
“The progress was zero,” he sighs. “Since Sir Alex left, I saw no evolution in the club. Nothing had changed.”
“I think the fans should know the truth,” he says. “I want the best for the club. This is why I come to Manchester United.
“But you have some things inside that don’t help (us) reach the top level as City, Liverpool and even now Arsenal . . . a club with this dimension should be top of the tree in my opinion and they are not unfortunately.”
He says: “As Picasso said, you have to destroy it to rebuild it (the artist’s exact quote was: ‘Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.’) and if they start with me, for me, it’s not a problem.
"I love Manchester United, I love the fans, they’re always on my side. But if they want to do it different… they have to change many, many things.”
As for what Sir Alex thinks of the current situation, Ronaldo says: “He knows better than anybody that the club is not on the path they deserve to be.
"He knows. Everyone knows. The people who don’t see that… it’s because they don’t want to see; they are blind.”
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Whatever happens, he made it clear to me that his heart will always be with the club and especially its fans.
He says: “They are the most important things in football. You play for them.
“They are always on my side. I feel that every time when I go out, when I walk in the streets, the fans come up to me and they appreciate what I do for football.
“The fans for me are everything. This is why I give this interview, because I think it’s the right time to speak my mind.”
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