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At a club under the weight of uncertainty, Manchester United's next manager - whether it be Erik ten Hag, Mauricio Pochettino or someone else - will have a lot on their plate, that's for sure.
From rebuilding the first-team squad via a cultural reboot to becoming the face of the planet's self-proclaimed biggest club, the man handed the keys to Old Trafford will also have to deal with the predicament of a certain Cristiano Ronaldo.
Although possessing one the game's greatest ever players has rarely been a burden on a club throughout his 20-year career, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner isn't the future and the Red Devils will soon need to move on. That time might be as soon as this summer's transfer window or the next, when his contract expires.
But at what cost?
Ronaldo may be 37 and - at long last - showing signs of decline, yet United have failed to win a single Premier League game which he hasn't started since re-signing for the club back in August, drawing five and losing one.
The damning statistic, indicative of Ralf Rangnick's miserable interim tenure, was worsened on Saturday when the Red Devils' No.7 was ill and mid-table Leicester City came to town, earning a 1-1 draw in which the hosts were "pathetically slow" and largely outplayed.
Despite many labelling the Portuguese a 'problem' throughout the first half of United's dismal season, due to his lack of modern-day traits such as pressing,


