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Varane: Man Utd players

affected by Ronaldo
comments
Raphael Varane: "Obviously it affects us. We
follow what is happening and what is being
said. We try to calm the situation in our own
way, we try not to get too involved in it. What
is happening in the media in the big clubs is
gaining momentum"

Wednesday 16 November 2022 16:10, UK

Raphael Varane is affected by Cristiano Ronaldo's

comments

France defender Raphael Varane said his

Manchester United team-mates were obviously
affected by Cristiano Ronaldo's comments in a
television interview that he did not respect
manager Erik ten Hag and felt betrayed by the
Premier League side.

In an explosive interview with TalkTV that has cast

doubts about his future at the club, Ronaldo said
he was being forced out of the side he joined in
August 2021 for his second spell after winning
eight major trophies with them from 2003-2009.

 
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United said they would address the Portuguese

forward's comments only after establishing the full
facts but Varane said the situation had impacted
players.

Portuguese journalist Pedro Sepulveda says the

atmosphere in the Portugal camp is positive and there
are no issues between Manchester United team-mates
Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes.

"Obviously it affects us," Varane, who has been

selected in France's squad for World Cup in Qatar,
told French radio station Europe1. "We follow what
is happening and what is being said.

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"We try to calm the situation in our own way, we

try not to get too involved in it. What is happening
in the media in the big clubs is gaining momentum.

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"When it's a star like Ronaldo, even more, so we try

to take it with distance, that is to say that we do
not try to change the situation alone, we are part
of a collective."

Last month, Ten Hag said Ronaldo refused to

come on as a substitute against Tottenham when
the forward walked down the tunnel with a few
minutes of the game remaining after being left on
the bench.

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The 37-year-old was then not part of the squad

that faced Chelsea the following Saturday.

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Following comments made during his recent

controversial interview, we look back at Cristiano
Ronaldo's unhappiest moments for Manchester United
since he signed again for the Red Devils last season.

Varane, who has also played alongside Ronaldo at

Spanish side Real Madrid, said the team was ready
to accept whatever United decides.

"What I want is the best for my team, so whatever

the decision, as players, we'll accept it and give the
best of ourselves," Varane added.

On Tuesday, Portugal midfielder Joao Mario said

an awkward handshake between Ronaldo and
Bruno Fernandes was the result of a joke between
team-mates for club and country.

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While Cristiano Ronaldo has slim pickings over his

next move Manchester United are already
targeting a new elite forward, says Melissa Reddy.

Speaking on a special edition of the Essential

Football podcast, Sky Sports News senior reporter
Reddy said a lack of interest from Napoli, Atletico
Madrid and Chelsea, who had all courted Ronaldo
in the summer, meant the vilified striker's options
of his next move were limited.

"Chelsea wanted him, Thomas Tuchel pushed

against it, and Graham Potter doesn't want to be
dealing with the Ronaldo sideshow like United are,"
she said.

Dutch football expert Marcel van de Kraan explains that

Erik ten Hag will come out stronger from the Cristiano
Ronaldo situation

"Then there's Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, all

these clubs who have ruled themselves out of the
running. Napoli have categorically stated they
won't be making a move in January for Ronaldo or
any other big player.

"They are happy with their form and how they see
their future progressing. They're one of the most
entertaining teams to watch in Europe at the
moment. It's a no-go for them. It seems like he's
got a fairly limited pool of options.

"Perhaps he feels that will change if he's a free

agent, but I can't see how much the very top clubs,
who believe they can win the Champions League,
can see him making a pivotal difference in a
positive way to achieve that.

Sports lawyer Stephen Taylor Heath talks through the

likely procedure Manchester United would take if
Cristiano Ronaldo's comments brought the club into
'disrepute'

"Sporting are the ones who have romanticised

about the idea of Ronaldo's return. They've spoken
about how it would be a dream for him to come
back, and the only barrier is the financial
implications of his return.

"Even taking a huge pay cut would be difficult to

make the numbers work. However, they know he
would give them a commercial boost like no other
player could - and that could help to generate the
funds to afford his move. That seems like the only
realistic option for him."

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United will take legal advice before deciding how

to respond to Ronaldo, but will await the release of
the full interview later this week before taking any
decision.

Sky Sports News understands Ten Hag and the

United players are extremely disappointed with
the manner and timing of Ronaldo's interview.

The club only found out about the interview as

they were preparing to fly back from London on
Sunday evening following their 2-1 win over Fulham
and they do not understand why he has said what
he has said.

Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes trained

together with the Portugal squad as they prepare for
the World Cup in Qatar.

They are hugely disappointed that he would

disrespect the club, his manager and team-mates
in this way and United are likely to consider all
their options now regarding the player.

Ronaldo was told on Thursday that he would not

be in the starting XI against Fulham but he would
have been in the squad. He told the club he was ill.

Ronaldo: Absolute focus on

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Ronaldo has joined up with the Portugal squad for

the World Cup and insisted his "absolute focus" is
on the national team amid the furore over his
interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

Ronaldo said on Twitter: "Total and absolute focus

on the work of the National Team.

"A united group, towards a single objective: to fulfil

the dream of all Portuguese people!"

Carra: Ronaldo wants the sack

and United should do it

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Jamie Carragher says Cristiano Ronaldo's comments

about Manchester United are 'out of order', and he's
disrespecting Erik ten Hag and the club

Jamie Carragher speaking to Sky Sports News:

"I just thought the comments were bizarre. They

were bang out of order considering the timing of it:
On the back of Manchester United fans being
delighted after getting a winning goal at Fulham
with the last kick of the game.

"It should give them excitement over the next

month for when the league starts again. They
should be enjoying themselves and then the
Ronaldo interview comes out and boom - it's
about negativity. Not the team, not the manager -
it's about Cristiano Ronaldo. And it's been like that
since he's come back. It's basically been the
Cristiano Ronaldo show.

"At times that's been good on the pitch, last

season he got a lot of goals. But this season he's
not involved and he's craving the attention that he
can't get because he's not on the pitch. The only
way he's going to do that is by causing trouble and
that was exactly his intention with the interview.

"He wants to be sacked, that's obvious. He told

the club in the summer that he wanted to leave,
which is football - these things happen. There were
no takers, maybe because of his wages or the price
Manchester United wanted. I think he knows that's
going to be the same in this next transfer window
and maybe the following summer and he is now
trying to be sacked or wants to leave on a free.
That's the only way he's going to get out.

"And I think United should sack him or move him

on by giving him a free transfer. At the moment,
they're trying to build something that is not trying
to win the Premier League or the Champions
League right now. The manager will want to push
for those honours in the next two or three years
and Ronaldo is not going to be around.

"He is going to be a distraction, this will not go

away. As soon as a player comes out and says he
doesn't respect the manager, how is that going to
work when he walks into the first day of the post-
World Cup season? It can't work that going
forward - there will be people taking pictures, we
will be asking about Ronaldo to the manager in
interviews for Sky. United don't need the hassle."

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