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CRISTIANO RONALDO: "Cuando perdí a mi hijo, hablé con los directivos y el presidente del Manchester United, pero sentí que no creían completamente en lo que estaba pasando, y eso me hizo sentir muy mal. Mi hija estuvo una semana en el hospital tras la pérdida de mi hijo, y no fui a la pretemporada porque no iba a dejar a mi familia en esa situación. Pensé que no era justo dejar a mi familia por algo como una pretemporada. Nunca cambiaría la salud de mi familia por el fútbol, nunca, ni ahora ni dentro de 10 años. En ese momento difícil. Me dolió profundamente que dudaran de mis palabras y de mi profesionalismo. He dedicado 21 años al fútbol de alto nivel, y eso no es posible sin ser profesional. Sin embargo, la familia siempre estará primero. El mundo del fútbol, y no solo en Manchester, puede ser muy individualista; a menudo no les importa por lo que estés pasando o tus problemas familiares, solo quieren que estés disponible para jugar. Pero yo siempre tomaré las decisiones que sean mejores para mi familia."

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- ¿Quién es el mejor jugador de la Selección de Argentina? 🗣️ Michael Olise: Lionel Messi. - ¿Y de Portugal? 🗣️ Michael Olise: Bruno Fernandes.

How Roy Keane Slammed Manchester United’s 'Disrespectful' Treatment of Cristiano Ronaldo "Manchester United showed nothing but disrespect to Cristiano Ronaldo. They should have let him go when the opportunity came... holding on to him to sit on the bench, I thought it was ridiculous for a player of his stature." Those were the explosive words of a furious Roy Keane following Manchester United's bruising derby defeat back then. The former United captain pulled no punches in a passionate post-match tirade, warning the club that their handling of the 37-year-old global icon was a ticking time bomb that was bound to disrupt the dressing room. "He did not come back to Manchester United to sit on the bench in a derby game," Keane barked, predicting that the brewing tension between player and manager was only going to get uglier as the season went on. ### **A "Ridiculous" Bench Role for a Legend** Keane completely rubbished the narrative that the Portuguese superstar had been forced to stay at Old Trafford due to a lack of transfer market interest, revealing that Ronaldo had "four, five very good options" to leave that summer. According to the pundit, United management deliberately blocked a move despite knowing they had no intention of starting him in their primary eleven—a decision Keane labeled as nothing short of a "flexing of muscle" by the club. > "You didn't keep Ronaldo with his track record just to sit on the bench. It was disrespectful to him, 100%. The player deserved more than that." > While manager Erik ten Hag justified keeping Ronaldo on the bench during the derby to spare him from the humiliation of a heavy defeat, Keane saw right through the explanation. He argued that even at 4-0 down, a proven goal-scorer of Ronaldo's caliber should have been on the pitch to do what he did best: put the ball in the back of the net. ### **The "Pressing" Obsession: A Buzzword Defense** Responding to counter-arguments that Ronaldo did not fit into a modern, high-intensity pressing system, Keane was visibly exasperated, dismissing the tactical trend as a modern distraction. "People were obsessed with the pressing side of the game," Keane argued. "We were talking about pressing—it was the new buzzword in football. I didn't care if they were pressing. If he was going to get me 20-25 goals—he was leading goal scorer the previous year for Man United—I didn't think he was doing too much pressing then." Keane fiercely defended the striker against critics who blamed the team's overall tactical drop-off on Ronaldo's presence, shifting the blame entirely onto the rest of the squad. "That was their fault, not Ronaldo's. I never had a problem playing with a striker who scored 20-25 goals, ever. I didn't care if they never ran back. We were criticizing Ronaldo because the only thing he did was score goals." ### **A Dressing Room Time Bomb** Keane warned that training-ground frustrations were eventually going to boil over if the forward was forced to continue waiting for his chance on the sidelines. "Ronaldo didn't want to be sitting there going, 'I'm kind of waiting on a few injuries and I might get an opportunity.' He was hurting badly," Keane concluded. As the status quo remained unchanged, the United legend insisted a parting of ways was inevitable, reiterating that United had made a massive mistake by trapping him at Old Trafford: "They held on to him knowing he was going to be sitting on the bench. The player deserved more than that."