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Roy Keane blasts Man Utd for ‘disrespecting’ Cristiano Ronaldo and warns situation ‘will get ugly’

Roy Keane has accused Manchester United of ‘disrespecting’ Cristiano Ronaldo and warns the situation ‘is going to get ugly’.

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Ronaldo was left on the bench as United were hammered 6-3 by Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

After the match, Erik ten Hag explained that he did not want to ‘disrespect’ Ronaldo’s career by bringing him on at half time with United already 4-0 down.

But Keane has hit back at Ten Hag’s comments and insists United should have allowed Ronaldo to leave Old Trafford before the summer transfer window closed.

‘I think Manchester United are just showing disrespect to Ronaldo,’ Keane told Sky Sports.

‘I think he should’ve been let go before the transfer window [closed].

‘I think the manager holding onto him, okay, you say you need options, but if you don’t hold onto Ronaldo to sit on the bench.

‘He’s one of the greatest players ever, he had options, this idea that he had no options is rubbish. He did have options, four or five very good options.

‘Okay, today, the manager brought Martial on, who scored two, so yeah that’s justified. But generally speaking, the bigger picture, he’s not going to play Ronaldo, we know that. He’s played in one or two European games, it’s just going to get uglier as the season goes on.

‘Okay, Ronaldo’s motivated with the World Cup coming up. But if he’s sitting on the bench for Man United week in week out, it’s not good. It’s just going to get ugly.

‘I think United have shown nothing but disrespect to Ronaldo, they should’ve let him go when the opportunity came.

‘He did have options, I know that for a fact, and holding onto him to sit on the bench I think it’s ridiculous for a player of his stature, for Man United to just keep

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