Wayne Rooney has given his take on Cristiano Ronaldo’s situation at Manchester United, stating it will be “very difficult for him to sit on the bench”.
Ronaldo has started just one Premier League game this season, in United’s 4-0 defeat to Brentford, with Erik ten Hag being criticised by Roy Keane for not using him in the Manchester Derby last weekend.
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TransfersReal Madrid ready to sign €100m Dortmund star Bellingham — Paper RoundYESTERDAY AT 07:38 «The manager's obviously gone a different way in terms of how they're playing and been successful,» Rooney told the press. «Cristiano and [Lionel] Messi are two of the greatest players to ever play the game, but ultimately time catches up with us all. “He's obviously not the player he was when he was 22 or 23, for instance.