Manchester United

Opinion: Does the league table ever lie? ManUtd.com reporter Adam Marshall at Old Trafford. by.

In summary, Ten Hag and United have not had the easiest of starts. We will have back-to-back games against two of these (Fulham and Forest), before the year is out, even if there will be about six weeks between those fixtures, due to the World Cup in Qatar. Closer inspection of the table, in relation to our programme thus far, shows we have not faced any of the bottom five. Perhaps, on paper, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford should not have posed the hardest of tasks to get points on the board early on. However, it is impossible to deny that Ten Hag has been given a challenging start to life in the Premier League. These wins did all come at Old Trafford so a taxing assignment at Chelsea provides a chance to show we can also produce top-class performances in the biggest fixtures on the road.

Cristiano Ronaldo left Old Trafford before the final whistle as Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 on Wednesday, sources have told ESPN.

[Ten Hag labelled their actions "unacceptable"](/soccer/manchester-united-engman_utd/story/4712208/ten-hag-clashes-with-ronaldo-over-man-united-friendly-exit-it-is-unacceptable) and said players should always stay to watch the end of matches. I have to correct myself, not just 11 players, but the substitutes who came on -- it was a squad performance. He was seen leaving in the 90th minute, before four minutes of stoppage time had been played. "We deal with that [Ronaldo] tomorrow. [said he would "deal with" Ronaldo](/soccer/story/4776136/cristiano-ronaldo-man-united-striker-will-be-dealt-with-after-walking-down-tunnel-early-erik-ten-hag) on Thursday, saying that he preferred to talk about the performance of his team in the immediate aftermath of the game. [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo) left Old Trafford before the final whistle as [Manchester United](/soccer/team?id=360) beat [Tottenham Hotspur](/soccer/team?id=367) 2-0 on Wednesday, and he was not present when manager Erik ten Hag and the players returned to the dressing room, sources have told ESPN.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner, took his display of frustration with Manchester United Manager Erik ten Hag to a new level.

We don’t need distractions like that, and that’s a disappointment, I would say.” I just think there is only one way this needs to go now,” Richards told BBC Radio 4 (via the BBC). “We are in transition. “It is so poor.” Ronaldo’s exit came after ten Hag had made three of the five permitted substitutions. I didn’t speak to him after.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been dropped from Manchester United's squad for Saturday's game at Chelsea. The punishment was imposed by Erik ten Hag on a day when ...

[also did so](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/31/manchester-united-rayo-vallecano-friendly-match-report) after being substituted at half-time of July’s friendly with Rayo Vallecano, leaving Old Trafford with a number of players not in the match-day squad. Ten Hag is aware of Ronaldo’s reluctance to engage with certain members of his inner circle. The player’s contract expires in June and one option may be to offer him a payoff of about half the salary he is due. Richard Arnold, the chief executive, would back the manager over this, though the forward’s wage of about £500,000 a week means it may be difficult to agree a deal with another club. Another possibility would be to allow him to move on loan and continue paying a proportion of his wages. Ten Hag has still asked him to report to the training ground.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has lauded the performances of midfielder Casemiro as of late, following our emphatic 2-0 victory over Tottenham ...

''You see how important a player like he is for the squad, he was magnificent and the performance shows the club's needed someone like him,'' he added. ''Casemiro is now at the side of him and we see him developing and proving why we signed him. Our no.18 has seemingly found his feet, performing superbly in the middle of the park, alongside fellow Brazilian Fred, in our victory over Spurs.

Cristiano Ronaldo's future at Manchester United has been plunged into fresh doubt after he was dropped from the squad for Saturday's clash with Chelsea ...

“Cristiano Ronaldo will not be part of the Manchester United squad for this Saturday’s Premier League game against Chelsea. This is Manchester United, and united we stand”. Since rejoining United from Juventus in 2021, Ronaldo has been a shadow of the figure who starred in his first stint at the club from 2003 to 2009. Ten Hag’s decision to drop him from the Chelsea game underlines how he viewed Ronaldo’s show of petulance and potentially started a countdown to the end of his time at Old Trafford. Disappointed by United’s failure to qualify for the Champions League, Ronaldo has been trying to engineer a move away from Old Trafford since the end of last season. Ronaldo will be forced to train alone, and it is believed Ten Hag’s decision to remove Ronaldo from the squad has the full backing of the United hierarchy. Ten Hag has rarely trusted Ronaldo as his main striker since arriving from Ajax to take charge in the close-season. [The Independent ](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/cristiano-ronaldo-man-utd-free-transfer-walked-out-early-tottenham-1924515)reports the club is considering pulling the plug on his contract to allow him to exit on a free transfer, taking a loss on the £12.85 million fee they paid Juventus last year. [Ronaldo blasted as United boss responds to walkout](https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/teams/manchester-united/premier-league-2022-cristiano-ronaldo-tantrum-news-erik-ten-hag-reaction-thierry-henry-highlights-manchester-united/news-story/33c06c3b50f73109f1e0cc82714b0550) [that he would “deal with” the issue ](https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/teams/manchester-united/premier-league-2022-cristiano-ronaldo-tantrum-news-erik-ten-hag-reaction-thierry-henry-highlights-manchester-united/news-story/33c06c3b50f73109f1e0cc82714b0550)on Thursday and Ronaldo was seen driving into United’s Carrington training headquarters before the announcement of his punishment. It was not the first time Ronaldo had shown public dissent at his role in Ten Hag’s team’s and the United manager has finally responded by wielding the axe. Now the club is reportedly considering even cutting Ronaldo from his contract to force him out of the club if a deal can’t be made to sell him in January, though the Portugal striker took to social media to affirm his commitment to the club.

The star forward faced disciplinary action from the club after refusing to enter Wednesday's match against Tottenham.

[EA Sports Announces Several Investments in Women’s Soccer](https://www.si.com/soccer/2022/10/20/ea-sports-significant-investments-in-womens-soccer-fifa-23-uefa?utm_source=recommendations&utm_medium=in-article&utm_campaign=end-of-story) [Cristiano Ronaldo Won’t Be on Man United First-Team Squad vs. With the January transfer window following the 2022 World Cup, in which Ronaldo will represent Portugal for the fifth time, it can be expected that another round of Ronaldo rumors and speculation will heat up. He had pushed for a transfer over the summer, but no solution materialized. It was a performance on the subs who came on. I’m the same person and the same professional that I’ve been for the last 20 years playing elite football, and respect has always played a very important role in my decision making process.” “As I’ve always done throughout my career, I try to live and play respectfully towards my colleagues, my adversaries and my coaches.

Cristiano Ronaldo is trashing his legacy at Manchester United and making it even more difficult for him to find an escape route from Old Trafford.

He has become a problem that United can do without and a player whom the top clubs will want to avoid when the transfer window opens in January. On that occasion, Ten Hag said he understood a player of Ronaldo's calibre being unhappy at being substituted, but it was just another example of the effect that Ronaldo is having at Old Trafford. Ten Hag has had to make a judgement call about Ronaldo and has decided to largely rely on him as a substitute. Although Ten Hag has said publicly that he is keen to work with Ronaldo as part of his squad, sources have told ESPN that the former Ajax coach would not have objected to the player leaving Old Trafford this summer. In total, he has amassed 340 minutes on the pitch in the league and contributed just one goal and one assist. But all the negativity that Ronaldo was predicted to bring last season has now started to surface in his second year back at Old Trafford.