Former Sky Sports activities commentator Richard Keys has steered that Marcus Rashford’s latest type exhibits how a lot Cristiano Ronaldo held Manchester United again throughout his second stint with them.

Cristiano Ronaldo re-joined Manchester United in the summertime of 2021, 12 years after he left the membership for Actual Madrid. His return to Outdated Trafford was one which excited the Purple Devils devoted.

The Portuguese icon picked up proper the place he left off, scoring 18 targets and offering three assists in his first season again within the Premier League. Nevertheless, issues turned bitter following Erik ten Hag’s arrival at the beginning of the present marketing campaign.

Ronaldo discovered his enjoying time restricted at Manchester United below the Dutchman’s administration. Pissed off along with his scenario, he launched an assault on the membership and the supervisor in an interview with Piers Morgan.

The Purple Devils parted methods with the ahead by mutual consent in November consequently. Whereas he has gone on to hitch Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, the English giants have regarded far more steady in his absence.

Keys identified how Rashford has been in red-hot type for the membership since Ronaldo‘s exit. The BeIN Sports activities presenter labeled the 38-year-old a ‘self-centered famous person’ that stagnated the progress of different gamers on the membership. He wrote in his private weblog:

“If Ten Hag has carried out something to assist Rashford it was in eliminating Ronaldo. Absolutely the talk in regards to the stroppy self-centered famous person is now over? Sure – he received targets after re-signing for United however not often have been they vital targets.”

“He was a ache across the membership and he suffocated the life out of gamers like Rashford. Right here’s the proof – with Ronaldo beginning video games at United, Rashford scored eight targets in 19 video games. Now Ronaldo has gone it’s 16 in 17 – 10 in 10 within the PL. Clearly there are different components, however these stats don’t lie.”

How has Cristiano Ronaldo fared since leaving Manchester United?

Cristiano Ronaldo was hopeful of securing a transfer to a different European membership after leaving Manchester United in November. Nevertheless, he struggled to seek out takers for himself amongst Europe’s elite.

He thus put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year take care of Saudi Professional League membership Al-Nassr. The transfer noticed him turn out to be the highest-paid footballer as he reportedly earns £173 million a yr.

Cristiano Ronaldo has made 5 appearances throughout all competitions since becoming a member of Al-Aalami. He discovered the again of the web 5 instances and offered two assists for his teammates in these video games.