Last season, Ronaldo had to sit unbelievably on the bench under coach Erik ten Hag, who believed that the superstar born in 1985 was not suitable for the style of play he wanted to play at Old Trafford.
This season, everything seems to be going against Man United. They do not have any player score more than 3 goals in the Premier League, with midfielder Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes leading the scoring list, which shows how difficult the Red Devils are facing. Worth mentioning, no other Man Utd player has more than one goal in the Premier League except the two names mentioned above.
Marcus Rashford has only had 1 goal in the Premier League this season, while blockbuster contract worth 75 million Euro Rasmus Hojlund is even worse. The Danish striker has yet to score a goal in the national championship, even though his record in the European Cup is very impressive with 5 goals.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo cannot stop scoring goals for Al-Nassr. The 38-year-old player scored his 48th goal of 2023 against Al-Akhdoud in the Saudi Pro League encounter in round 14. In addition, the 38-year-old striker also excelled in bagging 13 assists. Obviously, Ronaldo is still too excellent compared to the majority of the top strikers in Europe today.
No one would argue that CR7 would have such numbers in the Premier League – a league of significantly higher quality than the Saudi Pro League, but it is hard to imagine that a player of such class would not had some positive impact on Ten Hag’s team last season.
As Manchester United prepare for their trip to Everton in round 13 of the Premier League, they can reflect on last season’s trip to Goodison Park, a match in which Ronaldo came off the bench to score the decisive goal. in that confrontation.
It can be said that Ten Hag will not have any choice on the bench with the same level as Ronaldo in the upcoming confrontation with Everton, and the important thing is that the Dutch coach will also not have anyone with of such caliber in the starting lineup.
Ten Hag may not regret Ronaldo’s departure, but it’s clear that the thing he craves most right now is goals, which CR7 has. After all, Ronaldo has spent all year proving that he is still extremely good and that Ten Hag’s decision against him was wrong.