Ronaldo just celebrated his 37th birthday not long ago and is now witnessing the harshness of time. In the last 10 matches played in all competitions, CR7 has only scored 1 goal. This is the Portuguese superstar's worst achievement in his career.
Although everyone can see the reason for this story, in Manchester United at the moment, if not Ronaldo - the owner of 5 Ballons d'Or, who will lead the attack?
Cavani is highly expected this season after playing well in the second half of last season. Unfortunately, injuries continue to torment the 3-year-old striker's legs. Since the beginning of the season, Cavani has been out more than playing and has only scored 2 goals.
In the 4 and a half months since returning to the pitch after a shoulder injury, Rashford has only scored 5 goals. He was once voted as a legend of Manchester United, but the more he plays, the more Rashford shows his weaknesses in thinking as well as his lack of improvement in finishing skills.
The remaining players like Sancho are not given the responsibility of scoring. Meanwhile, Elanga is too young for Greenwood to return to the squad after next season, and it is not known whether he will be sentenced to prison for abusing his girlfriend or not.
In general, M.U's attack is thick in terms of numbers but thin in quality. Everyone is labeled as a star, but at this point, everyone is disappointed.
Ronaldo is different from his time at Old Trafford. In the first 20 matches for the "Red Devils" in all competitions, CR7 scored 14 goals. Recently, Rangnick has been in the CR7 starting lineup almost continuously but he has only scored 1 goal in 10 matches after 28 shots.
Rumors about Ronaldo leaving M.U after this season have come as he and the team have started to decline. According to Manchester evening News, captain Rangnick himself is also skeptical that from next season, Ronaldo will no longer appear at Old Trafford. Not only that, Cavani may also leave M.U because since the beginning of the season, he has missed 22/37 matches of the team due to injury.
Returning to Ronaldo, his contract will expire in the summer of 2023. CR7 is allowed to activate himself for another year, but with the team facing the Europa League, it is difficult for Ronaldo to stay. In his peak career, this superstar has never had to play in the second division like that.
Everything about Ronaldo is currently the biggest unknown but Rangnick cannot solve it. Maybe, the German coach himself does not want to win the tournament because he only has 3 more months left in the hot seat of M.U, the big change at this time will not help, everyone must focus on the Top 4 race.