Cristiano Ronaldo's triumphant return to Manchester United in 2021 will have been a quack from start to finish.
This Friday, through a pithy press release, the English club announces that the adventure with Cristiano Ronaldo is over.
Obviously legally, the English leaders had to use a lexical field that allows them to leave no loopholes to the adversary party.
But the content of the press release leaves no room for doubt.
"Manchester United have this morning taken a series of appropriate measures in response to the recent interview with Cristiano Ronaldo," reads the statement.
Also specifying that the club would make “no additional statements until the end of this procedure”.
Since Sunday, Ronaldo's confidences to Piers Morgan on Talk TV left no doubt about the near end of the adventure between the Portuguese star and the English club.
During this interview, the 37-year-old did not mince his words with regard to the club but also to his coach.
The Portuguese said he "had no respect" for Erik ten Hag.
He was also very critical of the club's leaders who allegedly lacked empathy when Ronaldo lost one of his twins at birth last April.
Since the start of the season, relations have been quite tense between Erik ten Hag and the striker.
Returning to the incident of October 22 against Chelsea, Ronaldo explained why he had refused to come into play. “I think he (Editor's note Erik ten Hag) did it on purpose.
I felt provoked.
I have no respect for him because he shows no respect for me.
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The Portuguese player had a contract that would run until July 2023 for a salary of 500,000 pounds (575,000 euros) per week.