Cristiano Ronaldo: Liverpool icon John Barnes savages Man Utd star

John Barnes has launched a scathing attacking on Cristiano Ronaldo for the negative impact he has had on the United dressing room and claims the Red Devils would have had a better campaign without him.

Ronaldo finished the 2021/2022 Premier League season with a tally of 18 goals, which makes him United’s most prolific goalscorer and the third highest in the overall Premier League standings.

It’s a pretty impressive return for a 37-year-old who has been spearheading the attack of a dismal United team.

A United team that hasn’t managed to register a single victory when the Portuguese icon hasn’t been the leading their forward line.

Barnes, though, thinks there is an unseen side effect to having Ronaldo around this current United crop.

Speaking on end of season podcast for William Hill, per The Mirror, Barnes said: “He (Ronaldo) causes disunity and disharmony. When the ball does not come to him, he throws his hands up in the air… that’s a great example, isn’t it?

“The harmony at Manchester United is a problem and who causes that disharmony? He walks around as though … ‘it’s the rest of them, I’m doing my job’.

“That’s not what a leader does – that’s what someone who does it for himself does. The fans love him and when things don’t go his way, he’s like … ‘it’s not my fault.’ That is not what a team is all about.

“So we know Ronaldo has done well for himself but would you rather have no-one scoring 20 goals a season and United finishing higher up?”

Ronaldo has unusually been subjected to copious amounts of media pressure this season mainly because of his inability to press, something which The Athletic recently reported Ralf Rangnick said “led to stylistic compromise”.

But to question Ronaldo’s attitude is something