Sky Sports pundits Roy Keane and Gary Neville clashed on Saturday night over Cristiano Ronaldo’s current situation at Man Utd.
The Portugal international attempted to leave the club in the summer transfer window but a lack of interest in his services saw him stay at Old Trafford.
However, Ronaldo hasn’t looked on top form this campaign after playing just 45 minutes in the whole of pre-season.
New Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag has only started him on two occasions in the Premier League with the majority of his starts coming in the Europa League.
Ronaldo caused a stir in midweek when he refused to come off the bench against Tottenham before leaving the stadium early.
And Neville and Keane were involved in a heated debate on Saturday night on Sky Sports, with the former insisting Ten Hag has handled the Ronaldo situation “really well” and the latter claiming the 37-year-old should be unhappy at not playing.
As usual, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink found himself in the middle of the pair and managed to drop in a word or two where possible.
Full transcript:
Neville: “For me, Erik ten Hag had no choice, no option. Cristiano’s left the ground twice, you can’t do that, his Instagram post which said I respect my teammates and sometimes in the heat of the moment you do something wrong. On the eve of pre-season, he asked for a transfer, he’s building up a list of things. It’s a messy end and Ten Hag is trying to establish control.
“I always think about the fact, Ronaldo has played 100s of games where players have had to watch him, you have to make sure you’re in the changing room, shaking players’ hands then you have it out with the manager separately. It’s not about Erik ten Hag. He had no other choice but the players in the dressing room had to have some action against them.
“Lots of players have watched him, now he’s had to watch them, your careers like a mountain, you’re in for a few games, out the team, get in then you get to the top of the mountain then you have to accept whether you play for a big club and accept less games. Or you go to a lesser club and play all the time and Cristiano is going to have to go to somewhere else that’s going to play him every week because he can’t accept being on the bench. That’s fine.
“End it this week or create a truce to get to the World Cup, it’s not doing him any favours. Leaving the dressing room before full-time, that’s not what he does, if you’re doing things like that you’ve…
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