It is hard to imagine that C Ronaldo, as the first scorer in the Champions League, is very likely to face the embarrassing scene of not having the Champions League to play next season. In a recent exclusive interview with ESPN Brazil, C Ronaldo also clearly emphasized that Manchester United's positioning should be in the top three of the Premier League, rather than fighting for the 5th and 6th places, but now the seventh ranking of the league is actually presented in the standings, and if Manchester United misses the Champions League next season, the fate of C Ronaldo and Old Trafford will end here. As the team that conceded the most goals in the top 10 of the Premier League table, United's backline has dug a lot of holes for the team this season, and captain Maguire is even less stable than the controversial Swedish defender Lindelof in the past two seasons. Manchester United fans thought that the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo would make them more competitive and compete with Manchester City, but the result was that Manchester United could not even squeeze in the first title group!
The team's locker room, but also because of C Ronaldo's excessive possession of the ball, open and secret struggle, according to the "Sky Sports" report, The identity of Lonnick's interim head coach has also made the players question his authority, manchester United do not dare to sign a long contract with Ronnick, which is itself a doubt about Lonnick's coaching ability. In fact, for the head coach, having big stars in the team is both a good thing and a bad thing, and Lonnick's tactical system itself pays more attention to integrity, and the striker needs to constantly pay physical strength in defense, but C Ronaldo's age and team status are doomed to Lonnick can not arrange C Ronaldo to participate in defensive tasks at will. This brings a series of chain reactions, the defenders have to follow the premise of the midfield, and the gap after the entire defensive line continues to precede, which naturally brings more risks of conceding the ball. Although Ronaldo is not the direct cause of the ladder decline in Manchester United's defensive ability, objectively speaking, there is also an unshirkable responsibility.
Whether it is in the Real Madrid period or the Juve period, the Champions League is the best stage for C Ronaldo to perform and prove himself to the outside world, and now that times have passed, C Ronaldo has not had such a high commercial value, so that the giant teams are scrambling to grab it. Although Manchester United is one of the giants in terms of fame, looking at Manchester United's performance in recent years, coupled with the team's lineup, there is no shining football superstar except for C Ronaldo. Rashford, who became famous at a young age, has gradually lost confidence in the competition with C Ronaldo, and the performance on the court fully reflects Rashford's current mentality, and he who plays under C Ronaldo has not grown, but has gradually mediocre. B fee, which was once regarded by Manchester United as the hope of the team's revival, also because of too much belief in his big brother, the number of goals and assists plummeted, and now the season has long passed the halfway point, B fee only contributed three assists, and last season is not at all in the same grade, as long as B Fee takes the ball, the defender knows that he is looking for C Ronaldo, so the existence of C Ronaldo also seriously limits the diversity of Manchester United's forward offensive tactics.
In fact, for Manchester United, in the context of manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea's strong performance this season, the league competition for the top four is too difficult, and winning the Champions League is also a way to qualify for the Champions League next season, but the difficulty coefficient of this road is no less than the top 4 in the league. In the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester United's opponent is Atletico, although Atletico is Ronaldo's favorite opponent in the Champions League, but time has changed, the teammates around C Ronaldo are the Real Madrid ceremonial midfielder known as the strongest three midfielders in Europe, and the second elder Juve, who is known as the oldest backline. What does Manchester United's midfield compare today? With Atletico's high-level pressing tactics and the tactical execution quality of the predatory defensive line, Manchester United is afraid that even if they have C Ronaldo, they will not be able to escape the fate of being eliminated.
In this way, the two ways of league competition for the top 4 and the Champions League have been blocked, which is not difficult to understand the rumors that C Ronaldo may join Barca, under the condition that the minimum Champions League qualification is not guaranteed, even if old Trafford has a special feeling for C Ronaldo, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the fate of the Portuguese leaving.