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  • 2 days ago
Cristiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand talk about the present and the future of Manchester United.
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00:00I love that club you know I'm not I'm not that kind of guy that forgot the
00:07path is still one of the best clubs in the world but they need to change but
00:12maybe that was that was when we was there that was the culture maybe the
00:15culture is different now they had to have a reset if you are a Manchester
00:19United coach you cannot say that so have you got any good examples of players
00:23that come to you for advice if they're not listen rude maybe it can
00:30what's your thoughts on Man United let's go back you went back to Man United we
00:38spoke on the phone when you was gonna gonna go and sign at Man United when you
00:42was negotiating to come back and my wife wanted to kill me at one o'clock in the
00:47morning you rang me yeah what's going on can you sort this out you end up signing
00:50signing for United initially that must have been a beautiful thing for you
00:55because I remember on the phone you sounded so happy and then obviously it
00:59went a bit sour just give us a bit of insight and and do you feel you've been
01:03proven right in what you said in the interview done when you first left to
01:07prove that I'm right or wrong this is not it's not my issues anymore I say what I
01:12have to say and for me for me it's done but to be honest real what I wish for
01:17Manchester it's what I wish for me the best they can make again the best team they
01:22can and I love that club you know I'm not I'm not that kind of guy that forgot the
01:29past when I'm back there I was very happy I was one of the best scores I need I did
01:38unbelievable things with the club my first season with 37 I was the third best
01:44score of the league I scored all the group stage I scored every game even in a
01:50league I scored 70 goals awaiting goals I did amazing but as I told you Manchester
01:56they they need to rebuild everything in my opinion the coach they say a few a few
02:05days ago that they cannot compete to win the Champions League and Champions League the league
02:12and Champions League imagine the coach say that all the club are you cannot say if you are a
02:19Manchester United coach you cannot say that you're not gonna fight to win the the league
02:25or Champions League you have to to be mentally say listen maybe we're not we don't have that
02:33potential but I cannot say that we're gonna try you're gonna go you have to try but but maybe
02:39that was that was when we was there that was the culture maybe the coach is different now they had
02:43to have a reset because the standards have gone down the expectations have to come down exactly maybe
02:49this is why I say but this club needs you need time to rebuild because this is still one of the best
02:56clubs in the world but they need to change and they they they understand that it's the only way and
03:04this is why you show that they start to change again the the structure of the club the president
03:11the the the infrastructures and everything the owners of the club they're investing in the training
03:16they invest in training so I'm happy because I'm not happy the way they all happen but in the same
03:24way we cannot control some points in our life sometimes but it's done already done and I repeat
03:30I'm still love Manchester United and I wish them the best where do you see the promise in the squad
03:36like you look at their squad now you look at Ganacho like I'm not talking about players attacking players
03:40really and you see you you probably look there first the Ganachos the Rashfords the Highlands
03:46the um you look at that and you think like okay where do you see the promise there I believe I believe
03:52that the future will be bright bright I believe but they don't depend only of the the talents it's more
04:00than that it's all club all not only players club everything as a unique united you know they have to
04:09rebuild from the bottom if not not they cannot compete it's it will be possible they can do good
04:16things yes they can win Carabao or can win yeah but I mean Champions League or Europa League or Premier
04:24League difficult in my opinion and I wish that I'm wrong I wish but will be difficult do you think
04:32rude obviously we know rude he's gone back there now I think it will help a lot yeah in which way what do
04:37you mean now if then I glisten rude maybe it can I think it can help a lot because he knows the club
04:47and the club should listen the guys who was there you or Roy Keane or Paul Scholes or Gary Neville
04:53whatever Sir Alex Ferguson you cannot you cannot rebuild a club without knowledge not guys who work in
05:04office they understand I understand a lot of football because I see football in the television
05:09every day and I understand no this is not doesn't work like that the people who understand the football
05:15it was 99% is the people who was there in a dressing room was player who is the most successful coaches
05:22in the world Guardiola there was player before there was play there was in dressing room they understand
05:30they know how to deal with the players it's the people who understand the things you understand
05:36it's true if you want to go formula one now to be injured you never you don't know
05:41I don't know you understand it should be the guys who work that it's like if you have electricity
05:47problems in your house you don't call the plumber you don't call the guy I know but I was
05:52in my computer I know how to change no this doesn't work like that it's true it's true you understand
05:56what I mean so I believe that root gonna help because he was inside the club he knows the club
06:01he knows the fans if the coach listen him I think they can improve a little bit the club just just
06:09on that point yeah you've played and we're going a bit off topic here but you you've played at loads
06:13of clubs at the top level and obviously there's always been young players at all those clubs what
06:19are the young players like interacting with you at these clubs have you got any good examples of
06:24players that come to you for advice or you can tell that they're watching you who are those guys
06:28and what's it like I don't like to mention names but not many in the same way I remember when I was 18
06:36in the Manchester United you know me very well I'm not I don't lie I see the best examples I see
06:44Gary Neville your example Gixi Roy Keane what what I do I check everything and I think from
06:52what you do best what Gary do best and I make my own personality my own style my own professional
07:01you understand and the place today they don't do that what was it about those guys what do you take
07:07from me then you are the good professional good looking is very far from that no but you always do it
07:14gym you're always strong center back strong with the good muscles in a pitch but outside you do it to
07:21gym I remember a lot you got a tall guy but strong guy abs with the Cleggie and everything
07:39so
07:44so
08:57We're right back.

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