Manchester United will take to the pitch at Old Trafford tomorrow to meet Aston Villa (22:00) in the third round of the English Cup.
The Red Devils come into the game stressed, and have enough reasons for it, not just professionalism.
At the center of the team's restlessness is of course Cristiano Ronaldo.
After arriving with a bang in the summer, 12 years after he left, everything seemed pretty rosy for the Portuguese, who conquered, led and as usual gave his all.
The problem is, sometimes it's not enough, and along with United it also faded, with the nervousness evident in some of the games.
Now that the transfer window is forming such and such deals, Ronaldo's name also comes up, in part because his agent Gourge Mendes came specifically to Manchester to discuss the future of the superstar, who is mostly unhappy that he has reached a team unable to fight for titles, at least not The largest among them.
At the same time, he also does not connect with the interim coach, Ralph Rangnick, who claims that the social and professional situation in the team he has taken over is poor, and even if not directly, he points an accusing finger at Ronaldo or more precisely at the Portuguese's ego.
It is not at all certain that he was predicted during Bezeq to end the affair between Ronaldo and United, but here comes in the picture the new CEO of the Red Devils, Richard Arnold, who may make an unpopular decision, and say goodbye to Ronaldo, apparently this summer.
Arnold, according to the Daily Mail, is under great pressure to make an early decision about his No. 7 future, but quite a bit depends on the permanent coach who is appointed for the summer and replaces Rangnick on the lines, while the latter is set to become a professional consultant on the team.
There is a certain chance that the German will still remain in the coaching position on a regular basis, a situation that will accelerate the separation from Ronaldo.
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