The head of the Saudi Arabia FA says an offer from one of the country’s clubs for Cristiano Ronaldo “wouldn’t be easy” but admitted that he’d love to see the superstar play in the nation.
25.08.2022 - 12:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Cristiano Ronaldo has been criticised by a former Liverpool player after the Manchester United forward appeared to ignore Jamie Carragher at Old Trafford on Monday night.
Erik ten Hag got his first win of the season as United beat Liverpool 2-1 in front of a thunderous home crowd. The fans were behind the players from the first minute as they pressed Liverpool into making sloppy passes and mistakes.
It took just 16 minutes for Jadon Sancho to open the scoring, with a second-half Marcus Rashford goal sealing all three points for the Reds. Ronaldo came on for Rashford in the 86th minute after Ten Hag only named the 37-year-old as a substitute for the match.
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Ronaldo's omission from the side was a hotly debated talking point, yet proved to be the correct decision from Ten Hag as the victory showed. However, it was the actions of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner before kick-off that caused a stir off the pitch.
During United's warm-up, Ronaldo went over to greet the Sky Sports pundits as he said hello to United greats Gary Neville and Roy Keane. Standing between the pair was former Liverpool man Carragher, and Ronaldo appeared to completely blank him as he walked straight past him.
Although the trio laughed the situation off, former Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique took to social media to blast Ronaldo for his actions.
He wrote: “The disrespect here from Cristiano Ronaldo to Carra isn’t right. Keane and Gary [Neville] they have been killing him on Sky Sports as well so I’m sure is not because of that.
“Someone that played football for that long and made so many appearances for Liverpool at least you say hi out of respect. Another
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