United exploring cancelling Ronaldo’s contract & interview reaction
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
The Athletic
4.6 • 639 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Laurie Whitwell starts the pod with the breaking news that Manchester United are exploring the possibility of terminating Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract after his interview with Piers Morgan.
Laurie is then joined by Ian Irving, Carl Anka and Andy Mitten to get their thoughts on that Ronaldo interview. We also get the views of thousands of subscribers to The Athletic who responded to our poll.
Then we'll hear from former United keeper Edwin van der Sar, now CEO at Ajax, talking about the transfers of Lisandro Martínez & Antony.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we're Jessie and Lenny from our podcast Table Manners and we're currently sponsored by Netflix. |
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| 0:38.5 | The Athletic. Hi guys, Laurie here. |
| 0:41.3 | Since recording the pod this morning, there's been a major development from |
| 0:43.9 | Manchester United, so we've updated The Athletic and I'm giving you a little voice |
| 0:47.7 | note ahead of this podcast. Basically, United are starting the process to terminate |
| 0:53.4 | Cristiano Ronaldo's contract. |
| 0:54.9 | That's our understanding. |
| 0:56.4 | They've considered legal action prior to this point because of his interview with Pears Morgan. |
| 1:00.7 | And ultimately, it looks like there's going to be a parting of the ways where Manchester United would hope that there's no cost involved to them. |
| 1:07.0 | United's statement this morning said, |
| 1:08.7 | Manchester United has this morning initiated appropriate steps |
| 1:11.9 | in response to Cristiano Ronaldo's recent media interview. |
| 1:15.0 | We will not be making further comment |
| 1:16.3 | until this process reaches its conclusion. |
| 1:19.1 | A short statement, but as we're reporting, |
| 1:21.1 | United are exploring the possibility of canceling Ronaldo's contract. |
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