Your Manchester United evening headlines for Thursday, March 10:
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Cristiano Ronaldo's future at Manchester United all rests on who the club installs as its next permanent manager.
That is according to former Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion striker Kevin Phillips, who believes the Portuguese star could now be regretting his decision to return to Old Trafford last summer.
After growing restless at Italian heavyweights Juventus, Ronaldo set out his ambition of leaving the club before the summer transfer window closed. Manchester City were quickly installed as the favourites to sign him and looked set to get a deal over the line, only for an 11th-hour swoop from United to direct him back to Old Trafford.
Although he finds himself at the top of the club's goalscoring charts this season, netting 15 goals in all competitions, Ronaldo has not had the impact many United fans had hoped for, with poor collective form and a change in management going against the script of his first season back in red.
With United's long-term strategy under a new manager yet to be decided, Phillips, a one-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, has admitted that he can see Ronaldo leaving United at the end of the campaign if he does not feature prominently in the new boss' plans.
"Ronaldo's future depends on the next manager for me," Phillips told Football Insider. "Does Ronaldo fit into the new manager's plan?
"The decision to go back to Manchester United was driven by his heart. You can only imagine the amount of goals he would have scored at Manchester City this season. I think he'd have scored around 30.
"You can see how frustrated, upset and angry he is with the players around him at times. If he had his time again, would he go back? I would question that.
"The incoming manager will have an
Your Manchester United evening headlines for Thursday, March 10:
The preparations for Manchester United’s crucial game against Tottenham are well and truly underway.
Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick insists he has no reason to dispute the cause behind Cristiano Ronaldo's absence for the 4-1 thrashing by City and insisted it would be unhelpful to be 'frustrated' by the continued absence of Edinson Cavani.
Gary Neville has admitted he has doubts over whether Erik ten Hag and Mauricio Pochettino are suitable for Manchester United.
Gary Neville thinks Manchester United could be better without Cristiano Ronaldo against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon.
Manchester United have added Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl to their managerial shortlist as the pursuit of a permanent head coach continues.
On-loan Manchester United attacker Anthony Martial has been left out of Sevilla's 23-man squad for Friday evening's La Liga clash with Alaves, the Spanish club has confirmed.
Bernardo Silva successfully told his Man City teammates how to stop Cristiano Ronaldo before November's Manchester derby between the two sides.
Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt has opened up on his increased game time at the Italian club, and how they're coping without Cristiano Ronaldo, following an unsettled period for him and the Old Lady this season.
Former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson has slammed VAR over their decision not to award Cristiano Ronaldo a penalty against Watford.
Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick is planning to replace Cristiano Ronaldo with highly-rated Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
Ralf Rangnick believes Manchester United have a striker shortage after drawing for the fifth time out of the last seven games against Watford.
The agent of Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez has played down speculation linking the Argentina international with a move away from the San Siro, insisting he is "happy" at the Italian club.
Atletico Madrid won’t be relishing renewing acquaintances with Cristiano Ronaldo tonight (Wednesday evening).
One of Cristiano Ronaldo's former Manchester United teammates has claimed the five-time Ballon d'Or winner will still be at Old Trafford next season.
Atletico Madrid striker Angel Correa insists he and his team-mates are mindful of the threat Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo will pose when they meet in the first-leg of their Champions League last-16 showdown at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday.
Bruno Fernandes believes that, while Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane's experience of winning the Champions League is important in the competition, the rest of the squad must follow in their footsteps and be hungry enough to win it for the first time.
Interim manager Ralf Rangnick has a number of selection dilemmas to solve at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon.
On Sunday, Manchester United will attempt to follow up Wednesday night’s much-needed victory over Brighton with a win at long-time rivals Leeds United.