After missing the Manchester Derby, Ronaldo's future has become increasingly clear. On Wednesday, The Sun revealed that Ronaldo had a showdown with agent Mendes and that the possibility of leaving the team in the summer was increasing.
On Friday, Lonnick personally told Cristiano Ronaldo that he wanted the Portuguese to be a substitute against Manchester City. The reason is that Lonnick wants to make the team more energetic and therefore wants not to use a center forward to increase the pressing force on opponents in the front.
At the same time, Lonnick believes that Ronaldo will play a greater role after coming off the bench. However, Cristiano Ronaldo thinks he should start. After playing 5 games in 15 days, there were no games in midweek, making Ronaldo think that he had the physical ability to play the whole game.
After learning that he could not start, Cristiano Ronaldo told Ronnick that he had an injury in his hip and could not enter the competition list. On Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo flew to Portugal and did not stay in the hotel with his teammates in preparation for Sunday's match.
The Sun revealed that after flying back to Portugal, Ronaldo had a rather tense meeting with Mendes, who tried to calm down Ronaldo, but Ronaldo was eager to leave Manchester United in the summer. Mendes wants Cristiano to calm down before making a decision, but he faces a battle that is doomed to lose.
On Tuesday, Ronaldo returned to the training ground and was the last player to leave. On Wednesday, the Portuguese did not participate in all the training. The media revealed that the situation at the Carrington training ground became very tense, and the players became aware of Ronaldo's anger.
Some of the older players have a good relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo, but Lonnick wants to unite the whole team to finally complete the goal of winning a Place in the Champions League. Manchester United will face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, which will be a key battle in the battle for the fourth quarter.
The media has long revealed that Mendes has informed Manchester United that once Manchester United cannot get tickets to next season's Champions League, then Ronaldo will definitely consider leaving the team. After losing 4-1 to Manchester City, United are getting farther and farther away from that goal. Arsenal, currently ranked fourth, have one more point than Manchester United and three games short. Meanwhile, Tottenham, who have two fewer points than Manchester United, have two more games to play.