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Manchester United Fan Thinks They Will Get Relegated If They Sell Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United Fan Thinks They Will Get Relegated If They Sell Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has told Manchester United he wants to leave the club this summer, a year after returning.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

A Manchester United fan thinks the club will get relegated from the Premier League if they sell Cristiano Ronaldo.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner returned to United last summer and scored 24 goals in 38 games in all competitions.

But Ronaldo, less than a year after rejoining, has told the Red Devils he wishes to leave if a suitable offer comes in.

The Portuguese superstar is now 37 and wants to be playing Champions League football for the final years of his career.

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Napoli have all been linked with Ronaldo, who did not turn up for pre-season training on Monday due to "family reasons".

And one United supporter is seriously worried about where Ronaldo's potential departure would leave the side. In fact, after their worst ever Premier League points tally last term, he reckons they could be in serious danger of being relegated to the Championship.

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

Staunch Red Devils fan Colin rang up talkSPORT to share his concerns for next season.

Speaking to Jim White and Simon Jordan, he said: "Guys I've got to say this to you, I'm 65 years of age, I've been a United fan from right back in the 60s. We won the European Cup in 1968 and in 1974 things were going right down the tubes.

"74 and now is exactly the same. We got Georgie Best back, Tommy Doch got him back to try and raise the standards and Best let him down.

"It's the same situation now. I'm not a betting man, I've not bet on a football match in my life but I'm prepared to go down the bookies and put four quid on United being in the bottom four.

"I can't see how anybody at the moment can say any different. Back in 74, Jimmy Hill and Brian Moore said, 'No, United won't go down this season'. We did.

"Nobody can say never. If we're not careful we're going to be in the same situation, we've got a lot of dead wood. United's team at the moment is very weak."

United, meanwhile are on the verge of announcing Feyenoord left-back Tyrell Malacia as their first signing of the summer in a £13 million move, while reports say Christian Eriksen has "verbally agreed" to move to Old Trafford on a free transfer.

The Dane, who played 11 times for Brentford last term, is prepared to sign a three-year contract.

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Topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, Premier League

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE. He has never sported a pair of Lonsdale Slip-ons, contrary to reports.

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