Manchester United legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo's famous controversial move at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, who winked to the bench after Wayne Rooney was sent off with a red card, actually had nothing to do with his Red Devils teammates.
In that knockout match between England and Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo's team laughed to the end, winning the penalty shootout, C Ronaldo scored one of the penalties, while Rooney failed to stay until the end of the game, he impulsively stepped on the centre-back Carvalho from Chelsea and was sent off with a red card.
At that time, C Ronaldo reminded the referee that he should show a red card, Rooney pushed him away, this scene was captured by the live camera, and the British media made a big fuss after the game, believing that Rooney was red because of C Ronaldo, and the two would not be able to continue to cooperate at Manchester United.
But Fu Jue stressed that after Rooney woke up, he understood that he was red because of fouls, and whether C Luo reminded the referee that it did not affect him, he would definitely be sent off. Moreover, Frothy stressed that the reason why Ronaldo winked to the sidelines was not because he successfully let Rooney eat a red card.
"He didn't blink because Rooney was sent off, he looked at the sidelines because the coach told him to stay calm," Froth said. Wayne [Rooney] was so good that he called me after the game and said, 'When the new season starts, we can both have an interview together.'" The advice was a bit dodgy, but he was great and he knew he wasn't being sent off because of Cristiano (Ronaldo). He was shown a red card for fouling other Portuguese players."
The following season, Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo teamed up to win the Premier League title for United, scoring 23 goals each. They also led United to the FA Cup final and Champions League semi-finals, but unfortunately lost to Chelsea and AC Milan respectively. But the following year the two worked together again to help United win both the Premier League and champions league titles, followed by a three-game premier league title in the following season.
But Sir Fu admitted that due to the hype of the British media after the World Cup, C Ronaldo had hoped to transfer to Real Madrid or Valencia, but the old man used a promise to ensure that he stayed at Manchester United.
"Cristiano doesn't want to come back. David Gill flew to Portugal and had a meeting with him and his agent Jorge Mendes was fantastic. I said to him, I'm not going to sell Cristiano to Real Madrid. Let him play the best season with us, and then I will fulfill his Real Madrid dream and send him away with blessings. Mendes immediately said the deal was closed, and he didn't even wait for Cristiano to say anything because he knew Cristiano was already in the best place [manchester United]."
Today, Ronaldo, who plays for Manchester United for the second time, has played 200 Premier League games for the team, becoming the 24th player in the history of the Red Devils to play 200 league games. His goals are slightly better than Rooney's.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored 87 goals and assisted 34 times, including 11 penalties, winning 8 titles, while Rooney scored 70 goals, 41 assists, no penalties and won four titles.
With just 13 more goals in the Premier League this season, Ronaldo can enter the "100-ball club", which only 30 players have done so. However, Ronaldo is still far from the 253 goals in United history that Rooney has maintained, and his Red Devils currently have 123 goals, which is probably difficult to surpass his former partner.