Journalist Morgan: "Ten Hag is an idiot. He spouts nonsense"

Famed British journalist and television presenter Piers Morgan criticized Manchester United's head coach Erik ten Hag in response to a question about why the English club terminated the contract with forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Because Ten Hag is an idiot. I'm sorry, but it's true. He became an idiot since he joined Manchester United, didn't he? He spouts nonsense. Ten Hag - that's all Ronaldo told me in the interview.

The main issue with Ten Hag is that he resembles an authoritarian schoolteacher who can't handle exceptional talents. Remember the players with whom he couldn't connect at Man Utd: Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford - all of them are top-level players.

He is successful with lesser-known players, for example, those he brought from Ajax with no international experience, but he struggles to build relationships with top-class players.

Manchester United got worse compared to the previous season, which is hard to acknowledge. If Cristiano Ronaldo had stayed at Manchester United, he would have been far better than any of the current forwards, as he shows in the Portuguese national team," quoted Morgan's words by Talksport.

Cristiano Ronaldo played for Manchester United from 2003 to 2009 and then returned to the team in 2021. At the end of 2022, the forward criticized Ten Hag in an interview with Morgan, following which he moved to Al-Nasr.