Cristiano Ronaldo’s (37) shock interview with English journalist Piers Morgan has been wreaking havoc since Sunday evening. If Erik ten Hag, Manchester United manager, was violently criticized by the Portuguese star with 5 Ballons d’Orand Wayne Rooney was downright mocked for his looks by the Lusitanian international, Ralf Rangnick also took it for his rank.
The choice of the German technician, who sat on the Red Devils bench from December 2021 to May 2022 to ensure the transition between Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ten Hag, was obviously not validated by Cristiano Ronaldo. “If you’re not even a manager, how are you going to be the boss of Manchester United? I had never even heard of him”, released the former Real Madrid striker. Rangnick, now coach of Austria, had spent only two of the last ten years on the bench of a club, mainly occupying a function of sporting director in Salzburg or Leipzig.