Wyne Rooney has advised Manchester United head coach Erik Ten Hag to drop and sell star forward Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the crunch Premier League clash against rivals Liverpool FC scheduled for August 22, 2022.
The former Manchester United striker told The Times that if he was in charge of the Red Devils, he would drop the Portuguese international.
"I wouldn’t play Cristiano Ronaldo, and I wouldn’t play Marcus Rashford,"
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“If I was in Ten Hag’s position my main concern would be getting energy on the pitch, and United’s failure to recruit a No 9 means they relied on Ronaldo against Brentford, even though he hadn’t trained a lot with the team. He looked like he needs time to get match fit,” stated Rooney.
The English international further stated that Ronaldo has made it clear that he wants to leave the club, thus there is no need to keep him at Old Trafford.
“He has also let it be known that he wants to leave the club. I don’t know his reasons but, as I wrote in my last column, I’d let him.
“He's a great player and will always score goals but the task for Ten Hag is to produce a team that can compete for the title in three or four years’ time. That means rebuilding with younger players.” he added.
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Manchester United will be hoping to win their first game of the 2022/2023 season when they welcome 2019/2020 champions Liverpool FC on Monday.
The latter has been hit by injuries ahead of the highly awaited clash slated for 2200hrs East African Time.
Some of Jurgen Klopp’s charges who are expected to miss the match include Diogo Jota, Ibrahima Konate, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Thiago Alcantara.
Manchester United currently sit at the bottom of the log. The club is yet to register a win the 2022/2023 campaign which kicked off earlier this month.
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