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Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has said that he is not bothered about being criticised by former coach, Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson was caught on video questioning Solskjaer’s decision to rest Ronaldo during a chat with UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov, faulting Solksjaer’s tactics as United slumped to a disappointing 1-1 draw.
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The footage of the conversation between Ferguson and Nurmagomedov’s begins with the veteran manager saying: “I also think that when they saw Ronaldo wasn’t playing…”
Nurmagomedov then recalls that Ronaldo was introduced in the second half.
Ferguson in turn says: “I know, but you should always start with your best players.”
However, Solksjaer has insisted that even though we all want to see Cristiano all the time, the 36-year old’s game time has to be managed.
“I’m quite relaxed about it,” said Solskjaer in response to Ferguson’s criticism.
“I disagreed with the gaffer quite a few times and I told my wife quite a few times that I disagreed with him, but that never made headlines as a player.
“I’m sure Sir Alex knows that it doesn’t bother me. We all want to see Cristiano.
“We all want to, because he’s unique, he’s different, he’s had a career and everyone wants to come and watch him. But the plain fact of it is he cannot play every single game that we play, that’s just physical nature, human nature.
“He knows how difficult this job is anyway, the gaffer. He didn’t always play the same 11. He took some risks at times to rest Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney or David Beckham, the best players that we had. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t.”
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Ronaldo, who rose to stardom during his first spell at the club under Ferguson has hit the ground running on his return, scoring 5 goals in 6 appearances despite United enduring a difficult start to the season.
Following the 1-1 draw against Everton, a visibly upset Ronaldo was seen muttering in disappointment and storming towards the tunnel, sparking speculations that the Portugal forward was not at all pleased with the manager’s tactics.
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