Retired Arsenal star Paul Merson confirmed that the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo next season with the Red Devils will harm the experience of Eric Ten Hag, the new coach of the team.
This came in a newspaper article he wrote in the “Sunday Star” newspaper, in which he confirmed that Ronaldo makes everyone around him perform at their worst.
“Eric Ten Hag has to be bold and get rid of Cristiano Ronaldo, or else he will risk wasting his first season with Manchester United,” Merson said.
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He added, “When you sign with a coach who will be with you in the coming years for a long time, you cannot waste time with a striker like Ronaldo.”
And he added: “He had a great season with Manchester United but everyone around him in the team suffered and appeared very badly, why do you think that happened?!”
And he ended his words: “Some players show the best in those around them, and others bring out the worst in them. That’s exactly what Ronaldo did. Look at what Karim Benzema offers at Real Madrid. He scored 43 goals this season. I don’t remember doing anything similar.” With Ronaldo.
It is worth noting that Ronaldo has scored 18 goals this season in the English Premier League, occupying the third place in the league’s top scorer table.