PIERS MORGAN labelled Erik ten Hag a “complete fraud” after reminding Manchester United of Cristiano Ronaldo’s scorching type.
Morgan identified outdated boy Ronaldo has netted 43 occasions this 12 months – whereas Ten Hag’s Purple Devils are struggling for type and targets.
Erik ten Hag confronted extra criticism from Piers Morgan over Cristiano Ronaldo’s exit after Man Utd’s 3-0 house defeat in opposition to neighbours MetropolisCredit score: Getty
Ex-United striker Ronaldo has been in sizzling scoring type for Al-NassrCredit score: Getty
Sunday’s 3-0 house humbling by Manchester Metropolis was United’s fifth defeat in ten Premier League video games this season.
The Purple Devils are solely eighth after scoring simply 11 Prem targets.
And Ronaldo’s newest successor Rasmus Hojlund has to this point drawn a complete clean within the league – identical to Wout Weghorst did.
Hojlund is goalless from seven Prem matches regardless of United paying Atalanta £72million for the 20-year-old in the summertime.
Final season’s shock loanee Weghorst ended up with no targets in 17 league video games.
Sun columnist Morgan posted: “As Manchester United get humiliated by Metropolis at house, a reminder that Erik Ten Hag drove @Cristiano out of the membership and mentioned he’d lose no sleep over it… and that the identical @Cristiano has since scored 43 targets for membership & nation this 12 months.
“The man’s a complete fraud.”
Many followers agreed with the talkSPORT presenter and Arsenal fan, whose interview with Ronaldo final November finally led to the celebrity’s departure over New 12 months.
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However others reckon an even bigger issue is the long-term difficulty of the membership’s house owners, the Glazers.
5-time Ballon d’Or winner Ron, 38, is on fireplace for his Saudi membership Al-Nassr in addition to reaching 127 targets from 203 video games for Portugal.
One supporter posted: “Thanks in your reminder Piers” and one other added: “Ronaldo deserves an apology from Eric Ten Hag”.
“Complete fraud, I agree,” mentioned a 3rd.
A fourth fan in contrast Ron’s falling out with Ten Hag to that of an England winger presently frozen out by the identical supervisor.
That supporter wrote: “Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho have been proper.”
One observer mentioned of Ten Hag: “He has this overhyped ego…he’s nonetheless ready for apologies from Sancho.”
However some followers took a deeper take a look at United’s issues.
Such views included: “So long as the house owners are the identical and Ten Hag is the coach, the dream theatre group won’t ever get up.”
However just a few followers questioned whether or not Ron ought to ever have come again in August 2021 for his 16-month second spell at Outdated Trafford.
One mentioned: “Ronaldo’s return was the worst factor to occur.”
And one other argued: “Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) agreed. It destabilized the group Ole had constructed. I stand on this.”
Morgan feels Ten Hag ought to rue Ron leaving greater than everCredit score: The Mega Company