When even Cristiano Ronaldo is celebrating Manchester United goals then anything is possible. Like the Premier League title. Or actual history.
Crist cross
Neil Custis, The Sun, February 13:
‘The truth that is now staring everyone in the face, and clearly Ronaldo himself, is that his days as a top-class footballer are over.
‘This chapter is unfortunately not one he or any Manchester United fan will want to be re-reading. It is of a legend whose legacy is now being tainted.
‘There is no magic any more, it has all gone.’
Neil Custis, The Sun, July 28:
‘CRISTIANO RONALDO is in danger of entering football exile.
‘The 37-year-old’s continued presence while wanting to move elsewhere can only drag people down.’
‘A player who believes those around him are not good enough to take him where he wants to go.’
‘At the same time, how can a player like Ronaldo just hang around while not playing?’
Six games into the season – of which he has started one – under a new manager, what is the current Custis consensus on Cristiano?
‘Now, he can be part of the rebuild, the comeback.
‘He can be an inspiration again to young players who had gone into their shells around him on and off the pitch.’
The headline to that article is a bit of a stitch-up, but bearing in mind the whole ‘a legend whose legacy is now being tainted’ and ‘in danger of entering football exile’ thing, it is hilarious all the same:
‘Ronaldo might just be grateful he’s stuck at Old Trafford with a chance to make history all over again’
A chance to make history! They’re fifth, it’s September and they lost 4-0 to Brentford three weeks ago! Find the sodding middle ground!
Title card
Mind you, Custis is busy writing elsewhere that ‘after two humiliating opening defeats to Brighton and Brentford, United fans are now dreaming of a title tilt’.
Mediawatch awaits a semblance of proof that a single one of these fans exist. Manchester United supporters will undoubtedly be feeling more positive but ‘dreaming of a title tilt’? Give over.
Revolution is a mystery
The headline to that Custis piece is another doozy: ‘Ten Hag vows it’s just the start of his Man Utd revolution after Arsenal win’
That Ten Hag vow, in full from the man himself:
“I’m not thinking we’re there, but we’re on our way in a good direction. We have to keep going. We have to keep pushing, the attitude and mentality, set high standards every day, we have to do better,…
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