Wayne Rooney has been slammed by Piers Morgan for his criticism of Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United. Ronaldo's future at Old Trafford is currently up in the air after he told the Reds at the beginning of pre-season that he wished to leave the club should a 'reasonable' bid be offered for his services.
Since then, no bid has been received and United's board have been adamant that he will remain at the club. The 37-year-old has since returned to Carrington and has featured in the Premier League for Erik ten Hag after he missed the pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia due to 'family reasons'.
United have lost both of their opening matches of the season to Brighton and Brentford, and they face Liverpool on Monday night. ALSO READ: Rooney names players committed to United Ahead of the fixture, Rooney gave Ten Hag some advice in his column for The Times. "I wouldn't play Cristiano Ronaldo, and I wouldn't play Marcus Rashford," the DC United boss said. "If I was in Ten Hag's position my main concern would be getting energy on the pitch, and United's failure to recruit a 'number nine' means they relied on Ronaldo against Brentford, even though he hadn't trained a lot with the team.
He looked like he needs time to get match fit. "He has also let it be known that he wants to leave the club. I don't know his reasons but, as I wrote in my last column, I'd let him — he's a great player and will always score goals but the task for Ten Hag is to produce a team that can compete for the title in three or four years' time.