There are those who believe that Erik ten Hag’s weakness (among other things) is his man management and point out at Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho as first examples. But those who defend the manager will point out that Ronaldo was already a problem before Ten Hag even arrived at Old Trafford. When the Portuguese made his shock return in 2021, everything was OK until his former teammate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked already in November and Ralf Rangnick came in as interim manager and future advisor in the club. Ronaldo ended up playing 22 times under Rangnick, during which he scored 12 goals but didn’t start all the matches and had a bad relationship with the potentially new Bayern coach. And one German journalist just revealed a bizarre detail in that relationship.Ronaldo in danger of suspension due to vulgar gestured towards fansMarcel Reif, sports journalist and commentator, revealed on his show on Bild TV what he allegedly learned from a source about the relationship between coach Ralf Rangnick and Cristiano Ronaldo during their time together at Manchester United.”I’ll tell you now how we both do it. I make the following suggestion: I’ll play four out of five games so that it’s clear. You can decide which one I won’t play in. But I’m not on the bench, I’m at home on the home trainer and I’m watching it on TV” revealed Reif the conversation between the player and the manager without naming his supposed source.’Brining back Ronaldo was a mistake’When Ronaldo left the club in November 2022 after falling out with Erik ten Hag, he gave a famous interview in which criticized Rangnick heavily, and didn’t even know that the German was a trainer before he became a director.“I don’t know what’s going on, but since Sir Alex Ferguson left, I saw no evolution in the club, the progress was zero. For example, we have an interesting point that, how the club as Manchester United after they sack Ole, they bring in sports director Rangnick, which is something that nobody understands. This guy is not even a coach. A bigger club like Manchester United bringing in a sports director – it surprised not only me but all the world, you know? Of course, in my opinion. We have to be honest: if you’re not even a coach, how are you going to be the boss of Manchester United? It’s something that I should say that Manchester is not followed” he said back then.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAYSaturday 14:30: (5.90) West Ham (4.20) Liverpool (1.55)17:00: (1.52) Man.Utd. (4.30) Burnley (6.25)17:00: (2.05) Wolverhampton (3.60) Luton (3.80)17:00: (2.15) Fulham (3.60) Crystal Palace (3.60)17:00: (1.23) Newcastle (6.75) Sheffield Utd (11.0)19:30: (2.35) Everton (3.40) Brentford (3.00)22:00: (2.20) Aston Villa (3.60) Chelsea (3.15)Sunday16:00: (4.50) Tottenham (3.80) Arsenal (1.85)16:00: (2.30) Bournemouth (3.60) Brighton (2.95)18:30: (9.00) Nott.Forest (5.80) Man.City (1.30)***odds are subject to change***
