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Ten Hag says Ronaldo 'could no longer deliver' after Juventus, praises Real Madrid's timing
November 1, 2026 at 06:57 PM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
KOKooora
تين هاج يهاجم رونالدو مجددًا.. ويشيد بقرار ريال مدريد
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MAMasrawy
تين هاج يفتح النار على كريستيانو رونالدو: "لم يعد قادراً"
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ESESPN
Erik ten Hag questions Cristiano Ronaldo's fitness, ability at Man United: 'From Juventus onwards it's simply over' - ESPN
(opens the publisher’s site)Erik ten Hag said Cristiano Ronaldo could no longer deliver at the required level after leaving Juventus in 2021.
- Ten Hag, in an ESPN NL interview on Sunday, said Ronaldo "simply could no longer deliver" over the last seven or eight years.
- The FC Twente technical director said Ronaldo could no longer push through pain or train at maximum to reach fitness.
- Ten Hag praised Real Madrid for selling Ronaldo in 2018, saying the club knows when a player's level starts declining.
- Ten Hag said no player is bigger than a club, adding the same applies to Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.