Cristiano Ronaldo has opened up about his experience at Manchester United in an interview with Piers Morgan. While he has criticised the current club executive and management for their apathy towards how the club is progressing. Ronaldo has narrowed down two individuals, whose departure from the club has led to its steady demise- executive David Gill and former manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Ronaldo’s comments regarding the duo were: “I thought when I signed that they sign in that year Sancho, and Varane, plus me, that things will be in the way that Manchester should be. Sir Alex Ferguson left a big gap in the club, not only Sir Alex Ferguson, one person that I thought made the difference; David Gill, the president, is a very, very good man. And the structure around Sir Alex Ferguson was very important too. So I knew that Manchester United wasn’t the same.”

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Ronaldo’s love for the Scottish manager is well known since the latter was the one who spotted him as a youngster when Man United played a friendly match against his boyhood club, Sporting Lisbon.

Under Sir Alex, the young, flashy winger went on to become one of the deadliest strikers in the history of the game, and is currently the all-time highest international goal scorer in men’s football.

David Gill, the former Manchester United executive, was a part of the club from 1997 to 2013, which is the most successful period in its history. Ronaldo spent the entirety of his first tenure with United when Gill was in charge in various roles. 

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Ronaldo said that since Gill and Ferguson left (both in 2013), United have not progressed much. His exact comments were, “I was in Real Madrid nine years and three in Juventus. And when I arrived, I thought everything will be different, you know, the technology, the infrastructures and everything. But I was surprised, in a bad way, let’s say in that way because I saw everything was the same.”