United Kingdom’s controversial journalist, Piers Morgan, has revealed that it is ‘highly unlikely’ that Cristiano Ronaldo will play for Manchester United again after he spoke to the forward recently.
Ronaldo returned to Old Trafford last season but he informed the club of his intention to leave if they received an appropriate offer this summer after a disappointing season with the Red Devils.
He has not joined up with the squad for their pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia. As such, Morgan feels the 37-year-old has ‘mentally moved on’ from United.
While talking to talkSPORT, Morgan said: “I have had quite a lot of contact in the last week. I certainly think it’d be highly unlikely if Cristiano Ronaldo plays another game for Manchester United. I just think mentally he’s moved on.
“If you’re him and coming towards the end of your career and you still want to win major trophies you’ve got to make a calculation. Am I going to do it if I stay at United?
“I think he feels the club structure from the top down isn’t right. It’s not a reflection on the new manager [Erik ten Hag], he’s got a lot of respect for him, but it’s just an accurate reflection of where United are right now.
“It’s for him to say what he feels but if you’re asking me then I don’t think he’s going to stay at Manchester United.”
Morgan feels Ronaldo could end up in an unexpected club and revealed that he is still trying to lure him to join Arsenal, the club he has supported for over two decades.
Morgan said: ‘I think he could end up somewhere quite surprising.
“Arsenal fans listening should know I’m doing everything in my power to try and persuade him to come to Arsenal.
“And bearing in mind he was close to coming to Arsenal as an 18-year-old, he was about to sign under Arsene Wenger, and at the last minute, he blitzed United in a friendly for Sporting Lisbon and Ferguson didn’t leave that game until he signed him.
“I believe he’d be coming home!
“Him up front with Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah would be a fantastic forward line for us, so why not?”
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