Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Matic's sons have recreated their fathers' link-up play against Chelsea on Thursday night.
12.04.2022 - 07:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United fans believe the club should say goodbye to Cristiano Ronaldo this summer but his future certainly splits opinion.
It has been far from the glorious comeback Ronaldo perhaps envisaged when he returned to United last summer, 12 years on from his departure for Real Madrid in 2009. The Portuguese went on to win every possible trophy on multiple occasions in the Spanish capital and aimed to continue to lift silverware back at Old Trafford.
“I think it’s the best decision that I have made," he told U nited's official site upon signing for the club from Juventus. "It’s right on point in my opinion. I moved from Juve now to Manchester, it’s a new chapter, I’m so happy and glad, and I want to carry on again, to make history, to try to help Manchester achieve great results, to win trophies and number one of them, to win great things.”
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Things haven't panned out that way in the slightest. A season that already had high expectations following the signings of Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, which only increased upon Ronaldo's arrival, has failed by every possible measure.
There was hope that United would end their trophy drought but they haven't come close to winning any competition and it would now take a miracle for them even to qualify for next season's Champions League. There have been heavy, humbling defeats to fierce rivals and humiliating results to clubs at the bottom of the table. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been sacked and interim manager Ralf Rangnick has done no better. The football has been boring, the players have been uninspiring and the year has been an absolute disaster.
As a result, doubt has been cast as
Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Matic's sons have recreated their fathers' link-up play against Chelsea on Thursday night.
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