Roy Keane and Gary Neville believe Ralf Rangnick is in an “impossible situation” after Cristiano Ronaldo’s “uacceptable” behaviour at Manchester United.
Ronaldo scored a stunning hat-trick to earn United a vital 3-2 victory over Tottenham in their bid to qualify for the Champions League next season.
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But it’s the striker’s off-field activities that have caused a stir this week, with speculation surrounding his absence from the Manchester derby.
Rangnick claimed Ronaldo was injured, but reports have suggested he the Portuguese superstar was dropped by the German boss, particularly after he flew home to Portugal on the day of the game.
Keane insists Ronaldo was “out of order” but also believes he “has to play” if United are to secure a top four spot.
“That’s the challenge, what he’s doing on the pitch, what he’s doing away from the pitch, incident last week where he went away. If he did do that last week, he’s out of order, put a marker down and say that’s unacceptable,” Keane told Sky Sports.
“I’ve heard one or two players have done that in the past, the culture of the club that’s unacceptable, but you have to manage the player and say when he’s fit and available. He has to play for Manchester United because they need results and that top four, they need to look at the bigger picture.
“The manager there is probably thinking about getting the next few months over. Get in the top four, win against Atletico, see what happens from there and not get bogged down with the bigger picture.
“Just get over the line in some of these matches because Ronaldo won’t change, he’ll challenge but that’s what big players do. You have to stroke their egos but you also have to tell them who the manager is, but when you’re only in there for a few months that’s difficult. Easy for us to say here, but big players and when your contract’s only a few months, big players will take advantage of that.”
Neville added: “Sir Alex Ferguson made decisions in the dressing room at Manchester United with control, backing from the club. Ralf Rangnick, in for four or five months, has no strength of position in these next few months so players can take liberties with that side of things.
“Cristiano Ronaldo going back to Portugal because he wasn’t selected – that’s not good. But what can Ralf Rangnick do about it?
“He’s in an impossible situation where he has to get in the top four. So he has to either put him in the team or leave him out again, and the situation exaggerates and gets worse.
“He’s in an impossible position because he has no strength and control. What he does have, if we believe what we were told, he has a two-year consultancy where he could say to the next manager, ‘this is what I’ve seen and this is what I didn’t like’. So players will have to be careful if he has got any power in selecting the next manager.”
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2022-03-13 11:21:46Z
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