{"id":2519,"date":"2022-11-14T23:54:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T23:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/cristiano-ronaldo-says-glazers-dont-care-about-manchester-united-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T23:54:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T23:54:38","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-says-glazers-dont-care-about-manchester-united-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/cristiano-ronaldo-says-glazers-dont-care-about-manchester-united-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo says Glazers don&#8217;t care about Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1\">\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo says the club&#8217;s owners, the Glazer family, &#8220;don&#8217;t care about the club&#8221; on the sporting side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">&#8220;Manchester are a marketing club &#8211; they get money from the marketing,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;It will be hard for Manchester to be top of the game in the next two or three years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">The 37-year-old Portugal forward, who has only scored one Premier League goal this season, said: &#8220;The owners of the club, the Glazers, they don&#8217;t care about the club, professional sport.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">Ronaldo added that he has never met the Glazers, who took over the club in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">United&#8217;s only public response to the Ronaldo interview was issued earlier on Monday, when the club said: &#8220;Manchester United notes the media coverage regarding an interview by Cristiano Ronaldo. The club will consider its response after the full facts have been established.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">&#8220;Our focus remains on preparing for the second half of the season and continuing the momentum, belief and togetherness being built among the players, manager, staff, and fans.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">Fans have staged a number of protests against the Glazers&#8217; running of the club, who last won a trophy with the Europa League in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">&#8220;The fans are always right,&#8221; said Portugal captain Ronaldo. &#8220;They should know the truth. The players want the best for the club. I want the best for the club. This is why I came to Manchester United, this is why I love this club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">&#8220;You have some things inside the club which don&#8217;t help Manchester reach the top level like City, Liverpool and even now Arsenal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s complicated. It&#8217;s difficult. It&#8217;s hard.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$video-16\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$video-16.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$video-16.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$video-16.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$video-16.1\">MOTD2 Analysis: &#8216;Ronaldo can&#8217;t be involved in the team now&#8217;, says Jermaine Jenas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-17\">&#8216;Neville and Rooney not my friends&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.0\">On the Sunday section of the interview, Ronaldo was asked if he was angry that he had been criticised by former United team-mate Wayne Rooney &#8211; who now manages DC United.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19.0\">Ronaldo said: &#8220;Probably, because he finished his career in his thirties. So, I&#8217;m still playing at a high level. I&#8217;m not going to say that I&#8217;m looking better than him, which is true, but&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.0\">In Monday&#8217;s segment, he turned his attention to another old United colleague &#8211; Gary Neville.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21.0\">He recently blanked the former England right-back, who was working as a Sky Sports pundit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to listen to that kind of criticism and negativity about people who play with you. For example, Gary Neville, as well. They are not my friends,&#8221; said Ronaldo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to criticise. I don&#8217;t know if you have a job in television that they must criticise to be more famous, I really don&#8217;t understand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-24\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-24.0\">&#8220;I think they take advantage of [my profile] because they are not stupid. It&#8217;s hard when you see people who were in the dressing room with you criticising that way.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-25\">What happened before now?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-26\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-26.0\">In the previously released section of the interview, Ronaldo &#8211; who earns \u00a3500,000 a week &#8211; claims the club are trying to force him out and he does not respect manager Erik ten Hag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-27\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-27.0\">Ronaldo scored 118 goals for United between 2003 and 2009 and his return in the summer of 2021 was celebrated by the club fanbase &#8211; although he seems to have alienated a large section of them with this interview, which will be shown in full this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-28\"><span data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-28.0\">He is currently with the Portugal squad for the World Cup in Qatar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media gs-u-mb-alt+ qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$image-29\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:11.875%;\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$image-29.0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media gs-u-mb-alt+ qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$image-31\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:1.6145833333333335%;\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$image-31.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/A487\/production\/_119691124_footer_manchester-united.png\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/A487\/production\/_119691124_footer_manchester-united.png 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/A487\/production\/_119691124_footer_manchester-united.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/A487\/production\/_119691124_footer_manchester-united.png 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/A487\/production\/_119691124_footer_manchester-united.png 976w\" alt=\"Manchester United banner footer\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".233wftua2uo.0.0.0.1.$image-31.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/63631111?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo says the club&#8217;s owners, the Glazer family, &#8220;don&#8217;t care about the club&#8221; on the sporting side. &#8220;Manchester are a marketing club &#8211; they get money from the marketing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It will be hard for Manchester to be top of the game in the next two or three years.&#8221; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions\/2521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}