Manchester United's Current Circumstance Provides Validation For Former Manchester United Players- The Cristiano Ronaldo Saga (Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo Return and Departure Addressed) - Part 3
However, as has been highlighted earlier in this article and as has been highlighted by the Manchester United team under Erik Ten Hag, as of this stage in the mid-way point of the current season Manchester United team has been fine-tuned to always carry out the right next move which will lead to a higher possibility of Manchester United generating success on the pitch. Team football over individual football is now revealed as the uncompromisable strategy Manchester United's current Dutch manager has insisted the football club move forward with.
Of course, while there remain various instances that have displayed the level of team unity and the level of team football Manchester United has adopted during the Erik ten Hag era- An era during which the successful strategy implemented at Manchester United under manager Erik ten Hag has been held to high comparison with the system and the mentality implemented into the then Manchester United players by one of Old Trafford highest successful managers of all fine Sir Alex Ferguson.
Erik ten Hag’s approach of demanding his players to implement the right next step which will progress the ball forward towards the opponents' goal mouth while specifically ignoring individual heroism otherwise known as "Hero Football" has led to Manchester United now currently placed in a spot where the team has largely failed to arrive at during the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era before the emergence of Erik Ten Hag as Manchester United is now understood to be in contention. Still, three trophies this season in the form of the Carabao cup trophy, the Europa League trophy, and the Premier League trophy with Manchester United currently sitting in second place in the Premier League table as the last three month of the season is set to commence.
But the level of team unity and camaraderie would exist within Manchester United continues to be highly exemplified by the exchange between Manchester United forward Alejandro Garnacho and Manchester United defender Luke Shaw during the match played this season as Manchester United defender Luke Shaw received the ball from an actual Manchester United forward Alejandro Garnacho who had shown trust In Manchester United center back to find the back of the net in a key moment of the game.
The implementation of team mentality ultimately proved effective as Luke Shaw effectively capitalized on the created opportunity to put the ball in the back of the net to give Manchester United a deserving lead. As has been established by various analysts and football fans specifically Manchester United fans, Alejandro Garnacho's ability to instinctively read the situation and understand that Luke Shaw was in a better position to generate a goal for Manchester United Was simply beautiful to behold.
What's the point?
Well, the point is simple; Manchester United has rapidly transformed into a team that has uncompromisingly adopted efficient team football as the logical pathway which is currently leading Manchester United to top success in such a short amount of time under Erik ten Hag’s managerial tenure. their current rapid progress seems as Manchester United plus the current rapid improvement understood to be registered from players within this Manchester United team whom just two seasons ago had been written off as players who simply lack the quality and inability to implement the right level of top football needed from a Manchester United player as all Manchester United players is understood to have embraced the mentality of stripping themselves of Egotism or self-centered football to accommodate the mentality of team unity and his work ethic is revealed to be the primary catalyst generating Manchester United's current progress towards attaining Potential trophy success as Manchester United remain poised to win not 1 not two but three trophies in the form of the Europa League trophy, the Carabao trophy and the Premier League trophy this season.
The rapid impact from a manager who has only had one season as manager of Manchester United football club so far
The fact of the matter is that from the situation understood to have unraveled at Old Trafford, Cristiano Ronaldo simply did not fit into the current system which is currently being implemented within the Manchester United team under Erik Ten Hag and this led to the rapid removal of one of Manchester United's as the Dutch manager is understood to have had massive respect for Cristiano Ronaldo but efficiency simply held more importance to Erik ten hag than admiration.
The facts remain the cornerstone that leads to undeniable positive results and the fact remains that while Cristiano Ronaldo was in fact effective On the beach from Manchester United during Cristiano Ronaldo's second return to Manchester United football club, the effect the Portuguese international had within Manchester United during his second return was conducive for Manchester United only to a certain point as the presence of the Portuguese striker presented more limitations than results for Manchester United on the pitch.
Cristiano Ronaldo's ability to register 20 goals in only half a season remains an undeniably fantastic feat accomplished by the 35-year-old player in the highest league of the modern-day era of football known as the English Premier League. However, limitations simply led to limited progress generated by Manchester United when the club accommodated the admission of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Manchester United team pitch.
With the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United were forced to implement a system different from the current system of fast pace, quick thinking, quick decision making, and overall team progressive football now being displayed at Manchester United as Cristiano Ronaldo's presence had simply been judged to force Manchester United to allocate their football into a system where creativity was largely focused on finding ways to distribute the ball to one target Cristiano Ronaldo for the majority of the much mostly with the intent of avoiding the possibility of angering the enigmatic striker whose mere presence on the pitch reportedly sometimes demanded that the ball finds its way to his feet for over 70% of the game.
Of course, with some players have been shown the confidence to defy the Portuguese striker by creating opportunities not only for themselves but for other teammates to find the back of the net, team progression has largely started to manifest at Manchester United but at the cost of displaying Cristiano Ronaldo as a rather expensive, I said which was hardly necessary to be accommodated within the Manchester United team. coming up the bench as an impact on society was understood to have been out of the question for a player who still regarded himself as one of the best players in the morning game of football which automatically led to a clash between two headstrong individuals- Erik ten Hag and Cristiano Ronaldo- both of whom believed compromise was simply out of the question.
While Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who throughout his history is known to be extremely professional, the Portuguese international is also revealed to be a player who displays highly egotistic attributes which are sometimes expressed by high-profile football players. While the display of a healthy ego is understood to be a characteristic encouraged by most humans as the accommodation of a healthy ego leads to the hunger to continuously improve so one can afford the luxury of admiring the accomplishment which a person has attained for himself or herself, Cristiano Ronaldo’s egotistical tendencies which the Portuguese attacker was reportedly understood to had displayed during his return to Manchester United had unfortunately played a part in tarnishing the legacy which the Portuguese superstar had generated for himself at Manchester United but only to a certain level.
Cristiano Ronaldo remains a highly decorated superstar in the world of football. However, in the world of Manchester United football club, the reality remains that Old Trafford has embraced a new, efficient, world that operates under complete allegiance to current Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag. In addition, the unbearable financial toll the presence of the Portuguese striker had impacted Manchester United football club was understood to have ultimately been the deciding factor that led to the end of the Cristiano Ronaldo era at Manchester United.
From arriving to training late to refusing to show up for preseason matches, all incidences which Dutch manager Erik ten Hag had insisted all Manchester United players were required to participate in to assess the level of football each player can operate with heading into the new season to the display of certain unwarranted actions by Cristiano Ronaldo during the Portuguese strike has returned at Manchester United- actions such as the Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo disobeying Erik Ten Hag’s order by refusing to be substituted into a match which Manchester United had been losing drastically in. Erik Ten Hag is understood to have viewed Cristiano Ronaldo's insubordination during the match as the straw which broke the camel's back.
These various recorded instances led to the Portuguese striker being extradited from the Manchester United team by Erik ten Hag. Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo’s reunion which kicked off when the Portuguese players' return was completed in the late stages of the 2021 summer transfer window was largely accommodating massive financial issues as Manchester United had failed to register the level of financial profit which the hierarchy had anticipated would be generated at Manchester United with the return of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Because Cristiano Ronaldo had been one of Manchester United's greatest players who had performed exceptionally for the football club during the younger stages of the Portuguese attackers' football career, the Glazer had anticipated that massive funds generated through ticket sales and merchandising would alleviate Manchester United of the £514 debt carried by the football club. However, the situation never materialized as Manchester United has failed to generate the necessary income anticipated from the return of Cristiano Ronaldo which further feud the agreement for the Manchester United hierarchy to effectively rip up the contract signed between Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo allowing the Portuguese striker to leave Manchester United immediately
Egotism was a characteristic that Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was understood as ready to overlook. However, the tolerance for insubordination which was projected as an attitude anticipated to lead to dysfunction within a system that was still in the early stages during Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Manchester United was simply a situation Erik Ten Hag simply could not afford at a critical stage during the Erik Ten Hag rebuild phase at Manchester United. This situation played the role of yet another situation that led to the eventual divorce between Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo in early December 2022.
Looking at Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo return from a financial perspective, the Glazers simply viewed the financial investment implemented into the return as and potential venture set to produce a substantial return in the form of increased liquidation generated into Manchester United assimilation to the current inflated debt situation which has played Manchester United as the club continues to leak massive funds in the form of the current running €514.9 million ( €590/ $580 million) debt rate currently existing within Manchester United’s financial Ledger.
In a nutshell, the anticipated outcome behind the Cristiano Ronaldo return reduce the situation where the Glazers simply viewed the Cristiano Ronaldo return as a massive opportunity for the Manchester United hierarchy to capitalize on to generate an influx of capital through increased merchandising, increased ticket sales and most importantly, increased sponsorship which the return of Manchester United's former player and one of Manchester United's current legend Cristiano Ronaldo had injected into the struggling finances of Manchester United football club.
However, the anticipated outcome held by the Manchester United hierarchy that Manchester United will generate inflated income through marketing, ticket sales, and sponsorship from extra advertisers to provide a welcomed solution to Manchester United's struggling finances through the return of Cristiano Ronaldo did not entirely manifest to the level of expectation which had been anticipated by the Manchester United hierarchy as the increased funding generated over the past two years is understood to have only marginally reduced the debt of Manchester United which currently stands at an uncomfortable £514 million.
