These are your Manchester United evening headlines for Sunday, December 18.
Manchester United great Wayne Rooney makes Cristiano Ronaldo admission after Lionel Messi praise
Manchester United great Wayne Rooney has insisted that he has "the greatest respect" for Cristiano Ronaldo, despite his praise for Lionel Messi and the recent interview by the Portuguese star with Piers Morgan.
In November, Ronaldo sat down with Morgan for a bombshell interview on TalkTV. During this conversation, the 37-year-old took aim at the likes of Rooney and Gary Neville for their criticism of him as a player during a troublesome campaign at Old Trafford.
Ronaldo later departed Manchester with United upset with the Portugal captain's comments about the club and Erik ten Hag. This decision made Ronaldo the only free agent at the World Cup.
Man Utd ace Bruno Fernandes shows class with message to Fernando Santos amid Cristiano Ronaldo’s silence
After Bruno Fernandes paid tribute to Fernando Santos for the eight years he spent in charge of Portugal's national team, Cristiano Ronaldo's silence has shown the gulf in class between the pair.
As the full-time whistle went in Morocco's quarter-final victory over Portugal, all eyes were on one man.
Ronaldo left the pitch in floods of tears as he headed down the tunnel knowing that this was how his fifth and final World Cup tournament would end - not with a bang, but with a whimper. The 37-year-old could not even bring himself to congratulate nor acknowledge the monumental achievement of his opposition as they became the first African nation to reach the semi-finals of the tournament.
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