Graeme Souness appeared to have seen the future when he said Erik Ten Hag will not last as Manchester United while Cristiano Ronaldo will be remembered as one of the all-time greats.
It’s been two years since the fall-out between the departed Manchester United boss and the Portuguese superstar, an incident which saw the later end his return to Manchester United in chaotic fashion.
Erik Ten Hag believed the best decision was to banish Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 22 goals in 38 games across all competitions for he club in the previous season, out of the first team.
However, Liverpool legend Souness appeared to see more into the future at the time, when sighting that Erik Ten Hag wasn’t a saint of the incident of Ronaldo’s famous interview with Piers Morgan.
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What Graeme Souness said in 2022
Graeme Souness, speaking in one episde of White and Jordan on Talksport in November 2022 believed that the club was wrong to get behind Erik Ten Hag.
“In five years, Erik Ten Hag will be away from the club and nobody will talk about him and his spell at Man Utd ever again. But in 55 years, Ronaldo will be remembered as arguably the greatest to have kicked a football.”
Although not all shared his sentiment at the time, many have seen the light in recent times as Cristiano Ronaldo has moved to Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, wherr he currently enjoys his football while Erik Ten Hag went on to set some lows as Manchester United boss.
