Ten Hag is facing too many big waves, from the dressing room, on the training ground to the media. Ronaldo's this incident is considered the strongest storm. If CR7 leaves Old Trafford, Ten Hag will feel that he has lost his most solid foundation on the pitch to aim for the next goals.
Returning to stories from the beginning of this year, when M.U's performance went downhill miserably, many CR7 teammates hinted that he could leave the club. While working at M.U, in the winter transfer window last season, Rangnick made many suggestions to Murtough and Arnold to sell Ronaldo immediately. Rangnick believes that the 37-year-old superstar is not the future of Old Trafford and if he stays, his playing style will not be in line with his pressing principles. After bringing the offer to the board, Rangnick was rejected by Murtough and Arnold.
There will be many theories to assess the impact on Man United. In addition to negative streams, there are still positive opinions when saying that selling Ronaldo is the best way for Ten Hag to rebuild the "Red Devils". In the era of pressing football and Ten Hag being good at this approach, Ronaldo staying and being easily lost is something that can be expected.
The Athletic revealed that despite scoring many goals for Man United last season, if Ronaldo leaves the team, he will free many juniors from being held back. Regardless of whether they know about such behind-the-scenes stories or not, Man United still did not sell the club's number 1 star this summer.
If Ronaldo leaves the team, Ten Hag's vision of the short-term plan for next season will certainly be affected. In addition to focusing on CR7, Ten Hag wants to have 2-3 new stars as satellites for this superstar. In the end, when preparing to go to Thailand for the tour, Ten Hag was still in a mess and maybe Ronaldo did not appear until everything was resolved.
The most suspected issue at the moment is whether all the information is coming from Ronaldo or is it directed by his agent alone? Whether right or wrong, Mendes has taken an act of disregard for the "Red Devils" leadership by making things messy at the moment. If everything was arranged by Mendes, Ronaldo would take a little less responsibility for Man United's affection for him.
Not many teams are suitable, capable and have enough finances to meet Ronaldo at the moment, except Chelsea. Mr. Boehly really wants CR7 to come and hit the brand and create attraction for the first year of the term, but captain Tuchel is not too interested. Chelsea have had resounding successes with Tuchel in 2021, the German coach is strong enough to convince Boehly that Chelsea will not need the Portuguese superstar.
