It’s the end of the line. This Tuesday, two days after the debut of the National Team in the World Cup in Qatar, Manchester United have announced that Cristiano Ronaldo will leave the club immediately and by “mutual agreement”. The decision comes about a week after the Portuguese player’s controversial interview with Piers Morgan surfaced.
“Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United by mutual agreement with immediate effect. The club appreciates his immense contribution during his two spells at Old Trafford in which he scored 145 goals and played 346 games and wishes him and his family all the happiness for the future. Everyone at Manchester United remains focused on continuing the progression of the team under Erik ten Hag and working together to achieve success on the pitch.”
Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United by mutual agreement, effective immediately.
The club thanks him for his immense contribution over two spells at Old Trafford.#MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 22, 2022
Shortly after, Ronaldo reacted to the departure of the English club through a statement made public by Fabrizio Romano, an Italian journalist usually associated with the transfer market. “After discussions with Manchester United, we have mutually agreed to terminate our contract. I love Manchester United and I love the fans, that will never change. But it’s the right time to look for a new challenge. I wish Manchester United all the best,” said the 37-year-old.
Let us remember that, after the controversial interview that Cristiano Ronaldo gave to Piers Morgan, the Red Devils began by announcing that they were “considering the response after the facts have been revealed”, then he issued a second statement where he revealed that he was already “taking the corresponding steps.” Meanwhile, the English newspapers guaranteed that the Portuguese player would not wear the Manchester United shirt again and advanced until the club intended to sue Ronaldo for everything said in the interview.
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“Following discussions with Manchester United, we mutually agreed to terminate our contract.
I love Manchester United and I love the fans, that will never change.
It feels like the right time to look for a new challenge.
I wish Man Utd all the best.” pic.twitter.com/rQTxEIjrLA
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 22, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United in the summer of 2021 -after having been very close to Manchester City, as he himself assumed in the interview- after three seasons at Juventus and 12 years after leaving Old Trafford for Real Madrid. In total, in addition to the 145 goals and 346 games he recorded for Red Devilshe won three Premier Leagues, one Champions League, one Club World Cup, one FA Cup, two League Cups and two English Super Cups.
Thus, with the news appearing two days after Portugal’s debut in the World Cup in Qatar, the National Team will once again play a final phase of a major competition with a player who is not linked to any club. — In 2000, in the European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, João Vieira Pinto did not have a club either after leaving Benfica and before signing for Sporting. In this World Cup, by the way, there is another case: Luis Suárez, who recently left Uruguay’s Nacional.
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Source: Observadora
