Man Utd star Cristiano Ronaldo blanked Jamie Carragher ahead of the Red Devils’ clash against arch-rivals Liverpool.
The Red Devils faced Jurgen Klopp’s men at Old Trafford on Monday night as Erik ten Hag’s side looked to bounce back from two defeats in their first two Premier League matches of the season.
Ronaldo was dropped from the starting line-up against Liverpool with Luke Shaw, Fred and Harry Maguire also relegated to the bench by Ten Hag.
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The Portugal international has been attempting to leave the club for most of the summer after making it clear to the Man Utd hierarchy that he would like to leave if they receive a ‘satisfactory’ offer for his services.
Explaining Ronaldo’s absence from his starting XI, Ten Hag said: “Liverpool are a great team in and out of possession, you need to press them, and you have to do that out of a block, so you need a lot of energy.
“In transition you can beat them, so that’s why we’ve signed with Rashford, Elanga and Sancho up front.”
During the warm-up, Ronaldo went over to Gary Neville and Roy Keane to give them a handshake and a quick chat before disappearing again.
When going between Neville and Keane, Ronaldo decided not to acknowledge Carragher who was standing in between his two former Man Utd team-mates.
Reacting to the incident, Carragher joked: “Totally blanked!”
Before Sky Sports presenter Dave Jones laughed and said: “Just like most people do.”
Carragher has been a critic of Ronaldo since he joined Man Utd and recently insisted that it was a “bizarre signing” from the Red Devils.
Speaking earlier this month, Carragher said: “I always thought he [Ronaldo] was a bizarre signing. I always felt this situation would come, even if Ronaldo did great for you [Manchester United].
“He signed a two-year deal plus another year, which I couldn’t believe, and he’s never going to play second fiddle to anyone but as players at a certain stage in your career we all know that you’re not the same player, and his career has gone on longer because he’s such a great professional.
“But the fact he’s now 37, 38 this season, he’s not the same player. He’s still a great goalscorer but he’s not the same player. No other club in Europe at this moment wants him, I might be wrong.
“But it doesn’t look like United can get him out, so at the moment other clubs don’t want him. And I…
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