Cristiano Ronaldo has scrutinized Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and said the club must “revamp everything” to seek football’s greatest awards once more.
The Dutch boss is feeling the squeeze after United`s eighth-put finish last season – their least in Premier League history – and two losses in their initial three games toward the beginning of this mission.
What’s more, Ronaldo, who had two spells at the club prior to leaving for Saudi Bedouin side Al-Nassr, addressed Ten Hag`s mindset.
“The mentor says they can’t contend to win the [Premier] League and Champions League,” he told the Rio Ferdinand Presents web recording, which emerges on Thursday.
“As Manchester United coach, you can’t say that you won’t battle to win the League or Champions League.
“Intellectually [you can] say perhaps we don’t have that potential, yet I can’t say that. We will attempt, you need to attempt.
“What I wish for Manchester [United], it’s what I wish for me – [to be] the best group they can.
“I love that club… I’m not that sort of fellow that failed to remember the past.”
In his six-year first spell at Joined together, Ronaldo came out on top three Premier League titles, the Champions League , two League Cups and a FA Cup – as well as the Fifa Club World Cup and Community Shield – prior to moving to Real Madrid in 2009.
He re Joined from Juventus in August 2021 and scored a sum of 145 objectives in 346 appearances for the club before he moved to Al-Nassr in December 2022.
Simply a month sooner, Ronaldo had told presenter Piers Morgan he was being “double-crossed” and pushed out in a disputable TV interview.
Also, addressing previous United team-mate Ferdinand on his web recording, the Portugal forward said there had been “no development” following previous supervisor Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013.
United have not brought home a Premier League titles from that point forward, however co-proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe needs to reestablish them to their previous wonders in the wake of buying a 25% stake in the club and his Ineos group assuming control over football tasks.
Ronaldo added: “They need to reconstruct everything, as I would see it.
“The club needs time to reconstruct on the grounds that it’s as yet perhaps of the best club on the planet, yet they need to change. They comprehend that this is the main way.
“To this end they show, they begin to change once more, the construction of the club, the frameworks and everything. The proprietors of the club are putting resources into the preparation ground so I’m cheerful [because things are changing].
“I accept that the future will be brilliant. I accept, yet they don’t rely just upon the abilities. They need to reconstruct from the base. If not, they can’t contend. It will be inconceivable.”
Ronaldo, be that as it may, has lauded the club’s choice to select another previous partner Ruud van Nistelrooy to Ten Witch’s reserved alcove staff.
“Assuming Ten Hag pays attention to Ruud, perhaps he can [help himself],” he added.
“I figure it can help a great deal since he knows the club and the club ought to listen [to] the folks who were there.
“You [Rio] or Roy Keane or Paul Scholes or Gary Neville [or] Sir Alex Ferguson. You can’t reconstruct a club without information – not folks who work in [the] office.
“Individuals who comprehend the football are individuals who were there in the changing area. They know how to manage the players.
“So I accept that Ruud will help since he was inside the club. He knows the club, he knows the fans. On the off chance that the mentor stands by listening to him, I figure they can further develop somewhat the club.”