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Former Man Utd star Antonio Valencia has waded in on Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s exit from the club following his controversial interview with Piers Morgan.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo\u2019s return to United last year got off to a promising start as he scored 18 goals in the Premier League in 2021\/22.<\/p>\n
Man Utd were less successful as a team as they failed to win a trophy and they finished sixth in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Their failure to qualify for the Champions League fuelled Ronaldo\u2019s desire to leave Man Utd in the summer.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils were unwilling to let him leave at the time and this has perhaps proven to be a mistake.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo missed much of pre-season and Erik ten Hag subsequently left the 37-year-old out of the team the majority of the time.<\/p>\n
The experienced forward refused to come on as a substitute on a couple of occasions and his interview with Morgan was the final straw.<\/p>\n
During this interview, Ronaldo hit out at Ten Hag<\/a><\/strong>, the Glazer family and some of his former United teammates. This left United with no choice but to part ways with the forward and he is now a free agent.<\/p>\n Ronaldo exited with United fifth in the Premier League. They are three points adrift of Tottenham with a game in hand.<\/p>\n Valencia is concerned that United are \u201cstuck at the moment\u201d under Ten Hag.<\/p>\n \u2018I want to share my thoughts on the state of Manchester United,\u2019 Valencia wrote for The Athletic.<\/p>\n \u2018As fans, we\u2019re all suffering. It\u2019s a great club that\u2019s just stuck at the moment. It\u2019s a team that\u2019s looking up from a great distance at the top positions in the table. They haven\u2019t been competitive enough. One game they are. The next game they\u2019re not. It\u2019s a shame.<\/p>\n \u2018Hopefully they can recover because Manchester United are a massive club. I know they have what it takes to do so.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m hoping that new players, important players who love the Manchester United shirt and who truly feel that way, will soon arrive at the club. It\u2019s a great city with great supporters.\u2019<\/p>\n Valencia later suggested that Ronaldo would have had \u201chis reasons for saying what he did\u201d during his infamous interview with Morgan.<\/p>\n \u2018On that same note, it was too bad Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United in the way he did,\u2019 Valencia added.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018A player like him should leave a club by walking off the pitch to applause at a sold-out stadium. The people there loved him.<\/p>\n \u2018The interview he gave recently was unfortunate. He\u2019ll have his reasons for saying what he did, but I felt awful about the way he left the club. It hurt.<\/p>\n \u2018I hope everything goes well for him at his new club. I wish Ronaldo nothing but the best.\u2019<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Next Premier League manager to leave\u2026 Lampard favourite; Ten Hag more secure than Klopp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/div>\n