Cristiano Ronaldo reacts to Ruben Amorim joining Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo has wished Ruben Amorim ‘good luck’ arsenic Manchester United manager.

Amorim started beingness arsenic United’s caller brag this week pursuing the club’s determination to sack Erik 10 Hag earlier this month.

The 39-year-old volition beryllium looking to revive United’s play aft a dilatory commencement to the run and his broadside question to Ipswich Town successful the Premier League adjacent Sunday.

Ronaldo’s 2nd stint astatine United was ended aft a bid of bust-ups with Ten Hag but the 39-year-old is keen to spot Amorim go a occurrence astatine Old Trafford.

When asked astir Amorim’s determination to United aft Portugal’s triumph 5-1 implicit Poland connected Friday night, Ronaldo said: ‘I privation him each the luck successful the world. Manchester United truly request it.’

It was claimed this week that Ronaldo referred to Amorim arsenic a ‘poet’ successful conversations with members of the Portugal nationalist side.

When asked astir the reference, Amorim said: ‘Yeah. But it’s similar a comic happening due to the fact that I similar to speak, not excessively much, but erstwhile I speak, I deliberation I talk from the heart. I deliberation radical consciousness that. It was thing conscionable to person fun.’

Ronaldo, meanwhile, has revealed that helium whitethorn lone person 2 years near earlier retirement.

‘I’m enjoying it. Planning my status from football… that volition hap successful a year, 2 years, I don’t know. I’m enjoying the moment. I’m enjoying football,’ the 39-year-old said.

‘It’s getting up, going to grooming and playing motivated. When I don’t consciousness that way, I’ll instrumentality a measurement guardant and accidental that it’s not for maine anymore. I haven’t felt that yet.

‘Do I privation to scope 1,000 goals? It’s mean to privation to, but I don’t deliberation astir it. I’m reasoning crippled by game. In 3 months I’ll beryllium 40. I’m taking it casual and that’s what I’ve been doing. What I similar astir is playing for the Portuguese nationalist team. I truly bask coming here. Scoring goals besides helps.’

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