Former Manchester United supervisor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has revealed that the Crimson Devils needed to let Daniel James depart the membership when Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Outdated Trafford from Juventus in 2021.
Solskjaer additionally revealed that Ronaldo instructed him to begin him for 3 video games in a row, after which put him on the bench for the fourth sport.
He added that the Portugal captain was so passionate that when he did what he instructed him, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner doesn’t prefer it.
“We have been one of many highest urgent groups earlier than [Ronaldo joined]. We let Dan James go when Cristiano got here in, and they’re two various kinds of gamers. It was the correct resolution to make for me – it didn’t change into the correct one,” Solskjaer mentioned on the Keep on with Soccer podcast, sponsored by SkyBet.
“A part of signing Cristiano Ronaldo was getting that keenness from him, however that did have its problems. You’ve received Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, who can study from Cristiano as he’s the very best, essentially the most disciplined and he’s been the very best participant on the planet, and also you assume he’s going to assist them.
“When he arrived on the membership, he instructed me to begin him for 3 video games in a row, after which put me on the bench for the fourth sport, however he’s so passionate so after I did that, he didn’t prefer it.”
