Harry Maguire admitted MU had not adapted well with the return of Cristiano Ronaldo. Maguire personally confirmed that the Portuguese superstar still scored excellent goals despite the bad team.
Speaking on the Podcast Rio Ferdinand Presents, the former Man United captain gave winged compliments to his former teammate, and pointed out the systemic mistake of the team before Ruben Amorim came here.
Maguire asserted that he “could not say any bad words” about Ronaldo and described the presence of CR7 at the club was a “incredible” thing. What makes him feel the saddest, most regret is that MU cannot find an effective way to operate when there is such an outstanding player in the squad.
The perspective of the former Leicester player is as follows: “Cristiano Ronaldo has performed well. He scored, so crazy. When we played badly and he still scored. That shows how excellent Ronaldo is.”
The core problem, according to Maguire, lies in tactical conflicts. The United system under coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was built as a “pressing machine”, requiring players to constantly play proactively and drastically at the front line.
However, the expectation that a 36 -year -old player like Ronaldo has to lead the high pressing game is unrealistic. The lack of flexibility in adjusting the tactics to promote Ronaldo's strongest point – the ability to hunt goals, made this superstar “very sad and disappointed”. But Solsa is not the main reason for Ronaldo to leave. He broke up with MU for the second time after a conflict with Ten HAG.
Besides, Maguire believes that MU is facing a new chapter full of hope after the worst 12 months in the club history: “The team is practicing very hard, the atmosphere in the team is wonderful. We yearn for success and are doing everything to achieve that. We know that the last time is not good enough, and has not brought fans what they deserve. smoothly ”.
Joining Man United from Leicester in 2019 with a world record fee for a defender (80 million pounds), Maguire also revealed: “The day when Sir Alex Ferguson, we own the strongest squad and won all titles. But at this time, MU is no longer the strongest team.
