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·3 August 2022

Man Utd: 329-game star has 'told Ten Hag he wants to leave' Old Trafford

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Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has told the club that he’s willing to stay committed and will keep making himself available while he remains at Old Trafford, according to transfer insider Dean Jones.

The 37-year-old made his comeback against Rayo Vallecano in pre-season on Sunday, but Ronaldo wants to leave following United’s failure to qualify for the Champions League.


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What’s the latest news involving Ronaldo?

According to The Times, Ronaldo has expressed his desire to move on following his disappointment at the club’s sixth place finish last season, which means they’ll be playing in the Europa League.

As a result, the attacker missed the tour of Thailand and Australia and only made his first pre-season appearance in United’s final friendly against Vallecano last weekend.

Given his lack of fitness, Ronaldo was taken off at half-time and then appeared to leave the ground before the final whistle, raising further doubts over his future.

Regardless, Jones has claimed that Ronaldo won’t go on strike and will keep putting his hand up to feature while he remains a Manchester United player.

What did Jones say about Ronaldo?

He told GIVEMESPORT: “He’s not up to speed with the rest of the team and he won’t be in the starting line up at the weekend, barring a spate of injuries, so it’s a waiting game.

“He’s told the club he’s going to continue to make himself available and he will be committed if he doesn’t get the transfer, but the fact is, he ideally wants a transfer and would rather be playing somewhere else next season.”

How important was Ronaldo last season?

Despite last season ultimately proving Ronaldo’s worst goalscoring campaign for 15 years, that perhaps said more about how poor the team were on the whole, oppose to his own displays.

The legendary forward still managed to find the net 18 times in the Premier League, a figure bettered only by shared Golden Boot winners Heung-Min Son and Mohamed Salah, while he also shone on the European stage.

United might have crashed out in the last 16, but Ronaldo still notched six goals in six games, continuing his incredible record in the competition.

Overall, he scored a notable 24 goals in league and Europe, which was 14 more than the next player on the list, Bruno Fernandes.

Those numbers alone confirm how important Ronaldo remains to this United side and highlights why Erik ten Hag can’t afford to lose him and will be desperate for him to add to his 329 United appearances.

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