Erik ten Hag explained how to 'send a message' to Man Utd players with Cristiano Ronaldo action
Manchester United icon Roy Keane told Erik ten Hag how he could send a message to his team by managing Cristiano Ronaldo this month as the Portuguese striker sought a move away from Old Trafford. The legendary striker began his reintegration into the United squad and played 45 minutes in the club's final pre-season friendly against Rayo Vallecano, ahead of their Premier League opener against Brighton on Sunday.
>Keane believes the situation surrounding Ronaldo may be an opportunity for Ten Hag to 'put a marker' on the rest of his squad. "We don't know what Ronaldo's behavior looks like now that he's back in training," Keane told Sky Sports. "Missing pre-season, obviously we were told it was family issues, if so, then so be it.
"If it's about broken tools, that's unacceptable. But I don't think it's as bad as everyone claims [it] [to be]. When you're a manager , you don't bother, trouble is coming.
"So it came to the manager in front of him and he has to deal with it, but I think he can put a marker and tell Ronaldo next week or two, and he has takers and if the case works for United, they will probably want a refund.
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"Come on, 'Yeah, if you want to go to Lisbon, then you go', and the other players look and say, 'Okay, in the short term, we'll miss him, but overall, we're trying to rebuild, 'cause Manchester United won't be competing for league titles, I don't think for two or three years."
The Dutch coach has always said he is looking forward to working with Ronaldo, and in his pre-match press conference he reiterated the same stance. "I'm really happy he's here," Ten Hag said. "We have a top striker. We are sticking to the plan."
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Manchester United icon Roy Keane told Erik ten Hag how he could send a message to his team by managing Cristiano Ronaldo this month as the Portuguese striker sought a move away from Old Trafford. The legendary striker began his reintegration into the United squad and played 45 minutes in the club's final pre-season friendly against Rayo Vallecano, ahead of their Premier League opener against Brighton on Sunday.
>Keane believes the situation surrounding Ronaldo may be an opportunity for Ten Hag to 'put a marker' on the rest of his squad. "We don't know what Ronaldo's behavior looks like now that he's back in training," Keane told Sky Sports. "Missing pre-season, obviously we were told it was family issues, if so, then so be it.
"If it's about broken tools, that's unacceptable. But I don't think it's as bad as everyone claims [it] [to be]. When you're a manager , you don't bother, trouble is coming.
"So it came to the manager in front of him and he has to deal with it, but I think he can put a marker and tell Ronaldo next week or two, and he has takers and if the case works for United, they will probably want a refund.
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"Come on, 'Yeah, if you want to go to Lisbon, then you go', and the other players look and say, 'Okay, in the short term, we'll miss him, but overall, we're trying to rebuild, 'cause Manchester United won't be competing for league titles, I don't think for two or three years."
The Dutch coach has always said he is looking forward to working with Ronaldo, and in his pre-match press conference he reiterated the same stance. "I'm really happy he's here," Ten Hag said. "We have a top striker. We are sticking to the plan."
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