Sometimes people do and say one thing, but their actions speak differently. Sir Alex Ferguson ’fell in love’ with young Cristiano Ronaldo and brought him to Manchester United just seconds before Liverpool did. He became a legend before moving to Real Madrid to make history. He came back to Old Trafford years later and left after a bitter freud with Erik ten Hag, but the fans still adore him. But how would they react if he signed for Manchester City? Many fans cannot believe that he would ever do something like that, but another former United’s legend just gave us food for thought. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer just revealed that Ronaldo’s comeback to Old Trafford was arranged so that he doesn’t sign for City.Cristiano sipping facts: “Man Utd must rebuild everything”Former Manchester’s striker and coach during the time when Cristiano signed for United for the second time, admitted his second comeback was a mistake, but gave an explanation connected with the city rival.“Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the best players in the world the last 15 years. I played with him. He played for Manchester United. He has history with the club and he’s leaving Juventus but we can not give him to Manchester City because he will score more goals than Erling Haaland is doing at the moment probably. So I speak to Cristiano. We get him to Man United but I think maybe that affected the whole dressing room, the dynamic in the dressing room. Maybe other players felt less important because of course this is one of the world superstars that comes in. He did well. He was top scorer that year, scored 24 goals or something, but i was out of the job 10 weeks later!“ revealed Solskjaer on the Oslo Business Forum.ETH’s assistant reveals the reason behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s Man Utd axingBut Ronaldo also didn’t stay as much as he wanted, since he fell out with Erik ten Hag. The Dutchman’s assistant and former England manager Steve McClaren recently explained that the Portuguese forward simply didn’t meet Ten Hag’s standards.“This is what you had to do – or you didn’t play. And he took on Ronaldo, and quite rightly. Other managers have tried to adapt. Erik didn’t feel it was necessary to do that. Ralf Rangnick had tried and it hadn’t quite worked out and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the same. So Ten Hag stuck to his guns and developed other players”explained McClaren.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 6Saturday14:30: (5.30) Newcastle (4.00) Man.City (1.63)17:00: (1.22) Arsenal (7.25) Leicester (15.0)17:00: (2.30) Brentford (3.50) West Ham (3.25)17:00: (1.75) Chelsea (3.60) Brighton (4.90)17:00: (2.85) Everton (3.35) Crystal Palace (2.65)17:00: (2.45) Nott.Forest (3.40) Fulham (3.10)19:30: (7.75) Wolverhampton (4.80) Liverpool (1.40)Sunday16:00: (4.40) Ipswich (3.50) Aston Villa (1.85)18:30: (2.35) Man.Utd. (3.60) Tottenham (2.85)Monday22:00: (1.65) Bournemouth (3.80) Southampton (5.40)***odds are subject to change***
