Cristiano Ronaldo removed from Manchester United – Sport – Kommersant

English Premier League club Manchester United today announced the early termination of the contract with Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo. The decision has already entered into force. The player himself confirmed the termination of the contract. He is currently at the disposal of his national team, playing at the Qatari World Cup. The departure of the Portuguese from Manchester United was actually predetermined after he gave an interview in which he stated that he did not respect Manchester head coach Eric ten Hag.

Manchester United have announced the termination of Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract today. “Cristiano Ronaldo will leave the club by agreement of the parties. The decision shall take effect immediately,” reads the statement Manchester.

The termination of the contract was confirmed by Cristiano Ronaldo himself. He said in a statement that “after negotiations with Manchester United, it was decided to terminate the contract early.”

“I love Manchester United, the fans, that will never change. However, it looks like it’s time to look for new challenges,” the player said in a statement.

The parties did not specify on what conditions they parted. Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract was to last another seven months. During this time, his salary was supposed to be about £ 14 million. How the financial issue was resolved has not yet been reported.

Recall that Cristiano Ronaldo played in Manchester in 2003-2009, after which he played for Real Madrid (2009-2018), Juventus (2018-2021) and returned to the English club last summer. In two visits, he played 346 matches for Manchester United, in which he scored 146 goals.

The departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United is the expected and in fact the only possible consequence of the demarche he made last week. In an interview with British TV presenter Piers Morgan, the Portuguese said so much that would be enough for ten early terminations of the contract. So, he said that he did not respect the head coach of the team, Eric ten Hag, that the owners of the club, the Glazer family, only think about money, and not about football, that Manchester had long stopped in development, that he felt betrayed. After this, it was possible to return Cristiano Ronaldo to the team only at the cost of dismissing Erik ten Hag. By the way, Manchester United expressed its full support to him.

As for the future career of Cristiano Ronaldo (he will turn 38 in February, but he insists that he will play until 40), then, according to Daily Mailrepresentatives of the Portuguese have already met with the leadership of Bayern.

There is also the option of returning to Sporting, where Cristiano Ronaldo began his professional career in 2002. Finally, according to the player himself, Saudi Arabia was interested in his services, where he was offered a £300 million contract last summer.

Arnold Kabanov