Of course he had to. It showed CR for who he truly is, despite several olive branches (on a sporting and human level) being shown to him.
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager
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Now he can really get to work without any unnecessary distractions.
He’s showed all the squad who’s boss. No messing around or your gone!!! Love it! Someone like Solskjær would of offered him a new contract for that interview. Good to have a man in charge.
Delighted for the manager! Hope the club rewards his patience with the whole Ronaldo shitshow by signing some players in January.
No more excuses now. 250m in the summer plus potentially more in jan... top 4 a must?
Stay ruthless, Erik.
Garnacho will play now. A lot and there's still room for a goalscorer, even two if Elanga goes on loan.
Garnacho will play now. A lot and there's still room for a goalscorer, even two if Elanga goes on loan.
Good by the boss. March on!
Exceptionally well done. He behaved and acted like a true leader the whole time. Very good for him to move forward
Shaved my head in support of the bald one!!
Big dick energy from EtH. My manager 
Hopefully there will not be any Tuchel - Todd saga. Erik was just beginning.
Ten Hag has played this beautifully. Chef's kiss.
Be good to see his team thrive now that Ronaldo has moved on. As others have said, thought he handled the whole thing really well.
I think he gave Ronaldo every chance, and that was part of it, and that's why everyone is now happy to see him go.
He followed the same blueprint Mourinho used for Rooney.
He has dealt with Ronaldo perfectly…..looking forward to the next couple of seasons and evolution
I'm sure we'll now have Ronaldo twats join solidarity with the Ole twats to cause a ruckus here every time we lose a game.
He dealt with Ronaldo and Maguire absolutely perfectly. Glad the Ronaldo chapter is finally over with.
All we need now is Maguire to have a good World Cup so that his torpedoed reputation is put back together as a centre-back whose good for a certain level of club or a club who play a less progressive way, and we can recoup a good chunk of that £80m back.
Good comparison, that.
I wonder whether the powers that be (i.e. the Glazers) would have been as ready to say goodbye to Ronaldo if he hadn’t been given those opportunities to show himself up.
I hope the new owners don't kick him out like Boehly did with Tuchel.
Glazers in!
Some of you really do just fantasise about negative outcomes.
Now with probably the last dickhead primadonna out I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season. We'll play some nice football I reckon. Hope the board will buy him a new striker in Jan.
ETH without Ronaldo and with maybe competent new owners?
Very promising signs.
Very promising signs.
It is hard to shake off that uneasiness. I just really want to see the manager be able to finish the quest, finally for the first time in a decade I can at least start to feel optimistic again. Praying the incoming powers have the sense to see the progress.
Its a valid concern but you're welcome to exaggerate it the way you like.Some of you really do just fantasise about negative outcomes.
His control and power is absolute now.
Surely football isn't the best field to invest in. Why would a Yank consortium look to buy the club? It makes no sense.
Ten Hag played this perfectly. You can't really fault any of his actions and Ronaldo came off looking like a prick.
I'm so glad we don't have to have the camera pan to the bench every time Ronaldo's there. He's more of an attraction than the actual football on the pitch.
No anxiety that Ronaldo needs to get subbed but the manager is can't sub him because he'll kick up a fuss and all the interviews will be about him for the next month.
I'm so glad we don't have to have the camera pan to the bench every time Ronaldo's there. He's more of an attraction than the actual football on the pitch.
No anxiety that Ronaldo needs to get subbed but the manager is can't sub him because he'll kick up a fuss and all the interviews will be about him for the next month.
FSG took Pool's valuation from $X00M to $XB in ~7-8 years?
Same with City. The owners will make a decent sum if they decide to sell now.
Football has been a pretty good place to invest in over the past decade or so.
Then why are the Glazers and FSG selling up?
It's so weird that United fans on a United forum are like 'no more excuses' and 'well let's see how he gets on now he's had his wishes'.
Let's get behind him, and we if do fall short, how about not using it as a stick to beat ETH with for not sharing the same hard-on you have for Ronaldo?
Let's get behind him, and we if do fall short, how about not using it as a stick to beat ETH with for not sharing the same hard-on you have for Ronaldo?
Poor Ten Hag coming into this circus, it’s been one thing after another since he came in, hopefully he’s thick skinned and doesn’t let it bother him.
Yup it's one thing to go from $X00 -> $2-3B and something else entirely to grow a $4-5Bn club at an acceptable rate (10+%?).
Yet many people seem to be interested in getting exposure to the industry. Red Bull group, the folks buying up the Barca TV rights, Boehly and co etc.
I think FSG are smart. I really doubt Glazers are selling because they think the club has peaked in value.
I totally agree. Online gambling sites are one of the huge revenue channels for football teams. Cut these and many teams would lose tons of money for getting better players.
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Hopefully he still keeps the focus and leads the squad throughout the transition.
I think it's vital we get a number 9 if we've any chance of top 4. Martial's done ok so far but he just can't be relied upon to stay fit and we have no back ups at all.
Problem with that is no decent ones are available in January or did you mean short term one