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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Cristiano Ronaldo ‘betrayal’ special: Why did he go public, what will happen next and has an unhappy exit always been on the cards

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports, Sports News, Soccer, News

4718 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Cristiano Ronaldo has gone public about his unhappiness at Manchester United – saying he feels ‘betrayed’ by the club and that Erik Ten Hag and other members of staff are trying to force him out.

On a special edition of Essential Football, Ron Walker speaks to Sky Sports News reporters Kaveh Solhekol and Melissa Reddy to get the inside line on what’s going on in the minds of both the club and the player – and how they would deal with his departure.

Why did he do the interview? Will he ever play for United again? How did they find out, and how will they react? Found out the answer to those questions and more.

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0:43.1

Hello and welcome to a Cristiana Ronaldo special edition of Essential Football.

0:48.4

Less than 24 hours since the striker rocked Man United with a controversial and potentially ill-advised interview, and not just for asking Piers Morgan to host, what on earth has been

0:53.5

going on? If you've been living outside the bubble of football and are just catching asking Piers Morgan to host, what on earth has been going on?

0:57.4

If you've been living outside the bubble of football and are just catching up,

1:03.1

Ronaldo has said he feels betrayed and forced out of Manchester United by Eric Tenhag and some of the club's hierarchy in an interview recorded at some point in the days before

1:07.4

their win over Fulham on Sunday, which Tenhag said at the time he had missed through

1:11.6

illness. Now, United have since publicly responded, but only to say they note the coverage of the

1:17.3

interview, which isn't even going to be fully broadcast until Wednesday. And they've said

1:21.4

they'll consider their response after, as they put it, all the facts have been established.

1:26.2

So for a story like this, you need a man in

1:28.8

the know, we've got Carveh Solicol, Sky Sports News, chief reporter. Now, we all saw this Ronaldo bombshell

1:36.2

land on our Twitter timelines and the front page of the sun at 10pm last night. When did United

1:43.1

find out about it? My understanding of the situation When did United find out about it?

1:48.7

My understanding of the situation is that United found out about the interview as they were preparing to return to Manchester from London

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