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Is it All Over for Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford?
Summer Transfer Rumours to Real Madrid begins for 2022-23 season.
Shobhit Chandola – Mumbai Uncensored, 4th May 2022
When Manchester United purchased Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus in the summer transfer window of 2021-22, it was being termed a nostalgic moment for the fans of the ‘The Reds’. It seemed like CR7 was planning to hang his boots at the club where he played one of the best seasons of his career with 84 lucrative goals in 196 appearances. However, things didn’t go down as expected with Cristiano for the Premier League 2021-22 season as he has just managed to strike 17 goals in 28 appearances which look decent on records but have not come good against the big 6 of the premier league ( hattrick against Tottenham being an exception ).
What adds fuel to the fire is the disappointing run at the Champions league 2021-22 season, the format where the CR7 used to outshine his rivals and compatriots throughout the years. The example of No shots on target against the Simeone lead Atletico Madrid in the UCL Quarterfinal, his most victimised team which cost the United losing hopes of running for the Champions League title. Well carrying the Blame on Cristiano’s performance will be hypocritical considering the depth of the Manchester United’s squad which has the likes of Pogba, Bruno, Sancho, De Gea, Rashford but is being brutally punished by the mediocre teams. Thanks to the uneven management of the Ole Gunnar Solskjær followed up by the confused tactics of the Interim Manager Ralph Ragnick.
This MUN side seems to be competing hard even for the Europa league, leave out UCL for a while. This certainly has sparked the speculations high of Ronaldo leaving the club for the Summer transfer with the night at Old Trafford against the Brighton possibly being the last of his career at ManU. This has come up with Ronaldo disappointed with the Trophyless run of Man United indeed making his influential record suffer for the first time in a while.
Even though the addition of Erik Ten Hag as the new Manager is seen as the new transition period of ManU with Ragnick taking a back seat as a consultant, it seemingly shows that the CR7 as the lead is not in the cards for Erik Ten Hag’s gameplan who seeks to revive ‘Total Football’ at his time in England with a major build-up of the United’s squad possibly hinting the purchase of new strikers & Centre backs in a swap for the Current ones respectively. Considering the recent success of Erik Ten Hag with AJAX at Eredivisie & Champions league, it should come as no surprise that Ronaldo’s place in the starting XI would be uncertain due to less work rate, age factor & lack of pressing which is a must for the ETH’s players.
This has once again striked the rumours of Ronaldo moving back to Santiago Bernabeu to serve as deputy to Carlos Ancelotti for a glorious run or maybe a surprise move to Bayern Munich at Bundesliga to once again claim his supremacy at the attacking football of Bavarians with being the perfect choice for Number 9 role in place of Robert Levandowski whose successive terms with Bayern comes to the end this season. Well only time will tell the fate of the Ronaldo with ManU but for now, it feels like the fans’ reaction at Old Trafford feels more like Bidding Adieu to one of the greatest Players of their Club.