"Comically useless" - Cristiano Ronaldo superfan Piers Morgan slams Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag
Cristiano Ronaldo superfan Piers Morgan slammed Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag during their Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, September 29. The Red Devils were defeated 3-0 by Ange Postecoglou's side at Old Trafford.
Tottenham Hotspur opened the scoring early with a third-minute goal by Brennan Johnson. Manchester United were reduced to ten men just before halftime (42') when Bruno Fernandes got his marching orders for a late challenge on James Maddison. The visitors took full advantage of the man advantage, scoring two goals in the second half (47', 77') to take the game away from the home side.
British journalist Piers Morgan, who is a well-known fan of Cristiano Ronaldo and Premier League side Arsenal, shared his thoughts on X, writing:
"Ten Hag is comically useless."
Manchester United haven't had the best start to the league season, winning just two games out of six. They are 12th on the Premier League table with a goal difference of -3.
The Red Devils finished eighth in the Premier League last season - their lowest finish in the club's history. Erik ten Hag will be looking to get his team back on track before they face Porto in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, October 3.
When Piers Morgan lambasted Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag after Cristiano Ronaldo reached 901 goals
Piers Morgan blasted Manchester United's Erik ten Hag for allegedly driving Cristiano Ronaldo out of the club. Cristiano Ronaldo had a fallout with Ten Hag and left Manchester United in November 2022 after an explosive interview with Piers Morgan.
The Ballon d'Or winner joined the Red Devils for his second stint after leaving Juventus in 2021. Across two spells in Manchester United, the Al-Nassr forward registered 145 goals and 64 assists in 346 games.
Talking to talkSPORT in September, Morgan criticized Ten Hag for letting Ronaldo leave the club, saying:
"Ten Hag is a complete idiot. I'm sorry, he is. He has been since he went there, right? He talks in complete gibberish. He's now banging on about Harry Potter or something. Ten Hag is everything Ronaldo told me he was in that interview, which led to him leaving United. The biggest problem with Ten Hag, he's like that bossy little school teacher you get who doesn't know how to handle supreme academic talent."
The British journalist continued naming the talents Ten Hag has had at his disposal, inferring that the Dutch manager couldn't handle star players.
"So you look at the players he's been unable to handle at United. Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford. It's all the top players. He can handle the lesser rung. He can handle the guys he brings in from Ajax who've never been on the big world stage, but he cannot handle top players. I can't believe I'm saying this because it's a miracle, but they've actually gotten worse than they were last season."
“So Cristiano Ronaldo, had he stayed at Manchester United, would have been immeasurably better than any of the strikers they've currently got as he's proving for Portugal. The guy is the greatest that has ever played the game, the greatest that will ever play the game. That's why he's the number one scorer. That's why he'll get to a thousand goals,” concluded Piers Morgan.
At present, Cristiano Ronaldo is just 97 goals away from reaching the elusive 1000-goal mark.