Ronaldo criticises Ten Hag & says Man Utd must 'rebuild everything'

Cristiano Ronaldo has criticised Manchester United head Erik 10 Hag and said nan nine must "rebuild everything" successful bid to compete for football's biggest prizes again.

The Dutch leader is nether unit aft United's eighth-placed decorativeness past play - their lowest successful Premier League history - and 2 defeats successful their opening 3 games astatine nan commencement of this campaign.

And Ronaldo, who had 2 spells astatine nan nine earlier leaving for Saudi Arabian broadside Al-Nassr, questioned Ten Hag's mentality.

"The coach says they cannot compete to triumph nan [Premier] League and Champions League," he told nan Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, external, which comes retired connected Thursday.

"As Manchester United coach, you cannot opportunity that you're not going to conflict to triumph nan convention aliases Champions League.

"Mentally [you can] opportunity possibly we don't person that potential, but I cannot opportunity that. We're going to try, you person to try.

"What I wish for Manchester [United], it's what I wish for maine - [to be] nan champion squad they can.

"I emotion that club... I'm not that benignant of feline that forgot nan past."

In his six-year first spell astatine United, Ronaldo won 3 Premier League titles, nan Champions League, 2 League Cups and an FA Cup - arsenic good arsenic nan Fifa Club World Cup and Community Shield - earlier transferring to Real Madrid successful 2009.

He re-joined United from Juventus successful August 2021 and scored a full of 145 goals successful 346 appearances for nan nine earlier he moved to Al-Nassr successful December 2022.

Just a period earlier, Ronaldo had told presenter Piers Morgan he was being "betrayed" and pushed out successful a arguable tv interview.

And speaking to erstwhile United team-mate Ferdinand connected his podcast, nan Portugal guardant said location had been "no evolution" pursuing erstwhile leader Sir Alex Ferguson's status successful 2013.

United person not won a Premier League title since then, but co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to reconstruct them to their erstwhile glories aft purchasing a 25% liking successful nan nine and his Ineos squad taking complete shot operations.

Ronaldo added: "They request to rebuild everything, successful my opinion.

"The nine needs clip to rebuild because it's still 1 of nan champion clubs successful nan world, but they request to change. They understand that this is nan only way.

"This is why they show, they commencement to alteration again, nan building of nan club, nan infrastructures and everything. The owners of nan nine are investing successful nan training crushed truthful I'm happy [because things are changing].

"I judge that nan early will beryllium bright. I believe, but they don't dangle only connected nan talents. They person to rebuild from nan bottom. If not, they cannot compete. It will beryllium impossible."

Ronaldo, however, has praised nan club's determination to enlistee different erstwhile team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy to Ten Hag's backroom staff.

"If Ten Hag listens to Ruud, possibly he tin [help himself]," he added.

"I deliberation it tin thief a batch because he knows nan nine and nan nine should perceive [to] nan guys who were there.

"You [Rio] aliases Roy Keane aliases Paul Scholes aliases Gary Neville [or] Sir Alex Ferguson. You cannot rebuild a nine without knowledge - not guys who activity successful [the] office.

"The group who understand nan shot are nan group who were location successful nan dressing room. They cognize really to woody pinch nan players.

"So I judge that Ruud is going to thief because he was wrong nan club. He knows nan club, he knows nan fans. If nan coach listens to him, I deliberation they tin amended a small spot nan club."