“The signing of Cristiano Ronaldo was a mistake”

Manchester United is getting ready for the start of the Ruben Amorim era. All this while various weights in the history of the Red Devils continue to comment on a divorce that changed the recent history of the entity. Former teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo regrets his second cycle at Old Trafford. There is talk of errors on all sides, a lack of personality in understanding the situation and even what would have happened with CR7 in Pep Guardiola’s team.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer takes us back in time. Specifically until a summer of 2021 where Manchester City He was one step away from retaining the services of a CR7 who was leaving both Juventus and Turin. Sir Alex Ferguson got involved, returned his former player home and began a second cycle that It was far from calm for Manchester United like the Portuguese. The former coach of the Red Devils spoke in NRK on the topic.

“It was probably the wrong decision for all of us, but we had the feeling that at the time it was the right decision…I think it affected the dynamic. “Maybe many other players felt less important because, logically, a global superstar had arrived,” Ole Gunnar Solskjaer began. An interview where he acknowledges that what for many was the signing of the year did not help anyone. Of course, the Norwegian defends the figure of whom we should not forget, He was also his partner from 2003 to 2007.

Manchester United thought it was a success in every sense. The shadow of a possible signing of CR7 for the eternal rival stomped to get involved in the signing for his future. The former Old Trafford manager does not doubt that at Old Trafford they would have suffered like never before with Ronaldo at the Etihad: “He is one of the best players in the world for the last 15 years. “If I had signed for City I would have scored more goals than Haaland.”

A total of 17 million euros was paid by Manchester United for CR7 in 2021. An operation that in economic terms has little or no criticism for the club. If we add this amount to the amount paid by a young Cristiano in 2003 from Sporting Lisbon (19 million), we will appreciate an investment that falls more than short in relation to what Real Madrid paid in the summer of 2009 for Ronaldo (94M). The problems of coexistence within the grass and the absence of fulfilled expectations, the items that make Ole Gunnar Solskjaer question whether or not it was a successful reinforcement.

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It was only 15 months, but there was practically everything. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick were the coaches of a CR7 that scored 27 goals in 54 games officials with Manchester United in a second cycle where 5 assists and no titles make up the Portuguese’s time at Old Trafford.

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Pep himself spoke in August 2021 of a player free to decide his destiny, thus of a plot where anything could happen. CR7 himself acknowledged that only one voice made him change his opinion about going to the Etihad: “I was close to signing for Manchester City. Guardiola said they tried to sign me. But my heart spoke to me and told me that I had to sign for United. Talking to Alex Ferguson was one of the keys. He told me that it was impossible for me to sign for City, so I said ‘OK, Boss’.”