{"id":24403,"date":"2022-07-19T20:43:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=24403"},"modified":"2022-07-19T20:43:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T20:43:43","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-is-highly-unlikely-to-play-for-united-again-and-has-mentally-moved-on-says-piers-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/07\/19\/cristiano-ronaldo-is-highly-unlikely-to-play-for-united-again-and-has-mentally-moved-on-says-piers-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo is &#8216;highly UNLIKELY&#8217; to play for United again and has &#8216;mentally moved on&#8217;, says Piers Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Piers Morgan\u00a0feels it is &#8216;highly unlikely&#8217; that\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0will play for\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0again after speaking to the forward this week, and has tipped the Portuguese star to move &#8216;somewhere surprising&#8217; this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ronaldo only returned to Old Trafford last year, but after a disappointing campaign for the Red Devils, it was reported earlier this month that he had asked to leave the club if they received an appropriate offer this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He has since not joined up with the squad for their pre-season tour of\u00a0Thailand\u00a0and Australia, and Morgan believes the 37-year-old has &#8216;mentally moved on&#8217; from United.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6fa1061dc145f166\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/19\/19\/60458323-11029385-image-a-33_1658256844987.jpg\" alt=\"Piers Morgan feels Cristiano Ronaldo has 'mentally moved on' from Manchester United\" width=\"634\" height=\"469\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Piers Morgan feels Cristiano Ronaldo has &#8216;mentally moved on&#8217; from Manchester United<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5fe3031d96387fdb\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/19\/19\/60458325-11029385-image-a-34_1658256881502.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan has spoken to Ronaldo recently, and does not think he will play for United again\" width=\"634\" height=\"642\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Morgan has spoken to Ronaldo recently, and does not think he will play for United again,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"p-22\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw sport\" data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I have had quite a lot of contact in the last week. I certainly think it&#8217;d be highly unlikely if Cristiano Ronaldo plays another game for Manchester United. I just think mentally he&#8217;s moved on,&#8217; Morgan told\u00a0<span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-italic\">talkSPORT<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If you&#8217;re him and coming towards the end of your career and you still want to win major trophies you&#8217;ve got to make a calculation. Am I going to do it if I stay at United?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I think he feels the club structure from the top down isn&#8217;t right. It&#8217;s not a reflection on the new manager [Erik ten Hag], he&#8217;s got a lot of respect for him, but it&#8217;s just an accurate reflection of where United are right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s for him to say what he feels but if you&#8217;re asking me then I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to stay at Manchester United.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-90a545ab70f70038\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/19\/19\/60458327-11029385-image-m-36_1658256917846.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan has claimed that Ronaldo respects Erik ten Hag but still wants to leave\" width=\"634\" height=\"444\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Morgan has claimed that Ronaldo respects Erik ten Hag but still wants to leave<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">If Ronaldo does have his heart set on leaving United, his options appear to be limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chelsea, PSG and Bayern Munich have all rejected the opportunity to make a move for him in recent days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He has been linked with a move to Atletico Madrid, although a switch to the Spanish club could prove controversial given his previous history with their cross-city rivals Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Morgan thinks Ronaldo could end up somewhere unexpected, and has revealed that he is still trying to convince him to join Arsenal &#8211; the club he supports &#8211; after the Gunners missed out on the superstar almost two decades ago when he was a teenager.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7d72c785d39dfc50\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/19\/19\/60458411-11029385-image-m-38_1658257067794.jpg\" alt=\"Arsene Wenger wanted to bring Ronaldo to Arsenal when he was still a teenager\" width=\"634\" height=\"453\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Arsene Wenger wanted to bring Ronaldo to Arsenal when he was still a teenager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6de6b0f322f00dc\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/19\/20\/60458513-11029385-image-a-39_1658257206855.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan has not given up hope that Ronaldo could still move to Arsenal this summer\" width=\"634\" height=\"420\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Morgan has not given up hope that Ronaldo could still move to Arsenal this summer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Morgan continued: &#8216;I think he could end up somewhere quite surprising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Arsenal fans listening should know I&#8217;m doing everything in my power to try and persuade him to come to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;And bearing in mind he was close to coming to Arsenal as an 18-year-old, he was about to sign under Arsene Wenger, and at the last minute he blitzed United in a friendly for Sporting Lisbon and Ferguson didn&#8217;t leave that game until he signed him.<\/p>\n<div data-mol-fe-xpmodule-newsletter-sign-up=\"\" data-newsletter=\"sport\" data-form-action-url=\"https:\/\/link.news.dailymail.co.uk\/s\/Sport\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-sign-up_2K2O1Qev medium_9b9rBTIb\" data-track-module=\"newsletter-sign-up\">\n<div class=\"sport_mqzIsmYN sport-medium_3uXLx4YT\">\n<div class=\"sport-overlay_1eUMhps5 medium_X4RlxS08\">\n<div class=\"sport-overlay-content_1tOijuiP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I believe he&#8217;d be coming home!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Him up front with Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah would be a fantastic forward line for us, so why not?&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a19b48948f144d60\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/18\/17\/60404615-11024943-Manchester_United_boss_Erik_ten_Hag_pictured_claims_Cristiano_Ro-m-16_1658161789966.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag (pictured) claims Cristiano Ronaldo could end up staying at Old Trafford for a third season\" width=\"305\" height=\"455\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f52fbd2cf63931b8\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/18\/17\/60404587-11024943-Ronaldo_is_set_to_stay_at_Old_Trafford_for_a_second_season_after-m-18_1658161807441.jpg\" alt=\"Ronaldo is set to stay at Old Trafford for a second season after United insisted he is not for sale\" width=\"306\" height=\"455\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Erik ten Hag admits he still hasn&#8217;t spoken to Ronaldo since the Man United star asked to leave<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Erik ten Hag\u00a0admits he still hasn&#8217;t spoken to Ronaldo since he\u00a0asked to leave the club, and doesn&#8217;t know when the player will return to training less than three weeks before the new season starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ten Hag backed the 37-year-old to be fit for the new campaign even though there has been no contact or indication when Ronaldo will report back for training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The same status as last week in Bangkok. No change,&#8217; said the United boss in Melbourne on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He is training. I think we all know Ronaldo is a top professional and he will be fit \u2013 that is the last concern I have.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piers Morgan\u00a0feels it is &#8216;highly unlikely&#8217; that\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0will play for\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0again after speaking to the forward this week, and has tipped the Portuguese star to move &#8216;somewhere surprising&#8217; this summer. Ronaldo only returned to Old Trafford last year, but after a disappointing campaign for the Red Devils, it was reported earlier this month that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":21276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6409],"tags":[285,1274,1962,3347,3884,1172,10387,169,9331,1791,6029,5557,9026,5009,4918,7970,1974,11547,12791,11252,115,4063,6657,170,1793,642,196,9487,194,10480,9691,7333,3885,6348,3954],"class_list":["post-24403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-arsenal","tag-arsene-wenger","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-australia","tag-bangkok","tag-bayern-munich","tag-campaign","tag-chelsea","tag-city","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-eddie-nketiah","tag-erik-ten-hag","tag-fans","tag-ferguson","tag-gabriel-jesus","tag-jesus","tag-lisbon","tag-man-united","tag-manager","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-united","tag-melbourne","tag-munich","tag-old-trafford","tag-piers-morgan","tag-psg","tag-real-madrid","tag-red-devils","tag-ronaldo","tag-spanish","tag-sporting-lisbon","tag-summer","tag-thailand","tag-us","tag-will"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}