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Ronaldo's fine, CV and Ten Hag's revelations: Football Weekly's take
The panel pokes fun at Ronaldo's 30-day suspension and £215 fine, calling the punishment absurd and the fine trivial. They then discuss the story about him submitting his CV and weigh Ten Hag's criticism of Ronaldo's training and United's toxic culture, concluding that the revelations are unsurprising and that Ronaldo's second spell at United was not a success.
- The punishment is absurd: the ban runs from the day he walked out, so he misses no Portugal games, and the £215 fine is laughable because he earns it in 38 seconds — They cite the fact that the suspension costs him no matches and the BBC wage calculation to show it has no real deterrent effect.
- The claim that Ronaldo submitted his CV as evidence is ridiculous, and they would love to see what is actually on it — They find it absurd and funny, joking about languages, hobbies and other possible entries.
- Ronaldo is behaving like a retiree whose career is winding down, complaining about petty things such as neighbours' bins and potholes — They read the CV story and the Facebook complaints as signs of someone filling the time after football.
- Ronaldo was not physically fit enough, did not train hard enough and told other players to rest in training; there was a toxic culture at United — These are Ten Hag's claims in his interview with Laurie Whitwell, linking Ronaldo's training attitude to United's toxic culture.
- Ten Hag's criticism of Ronaldo is not surprising; United's culture has been a problem and it was not just Ronaldo, but Ronaldo was clearly part of the problem and was not the leader they needed — The evidence cited includes Ronaldo walking out of a pre-season game at half-time, complaining about facilities and, according to Ten Hag, not training hard enough.
- Ronaldo's second spell at United was not a success, even if his numbers were better than people think — He accepts that Ronaldo's numbers may have been better than public perception, but the overall outcome still makes the spell a failure.
Cristiano Ronaldo was slapped with a whopping $286 fine and an already-served 30 day suspension after showing his Portugal bosses his own CV. Meanwhile the 41-year-old has been on the receiving of criticism from another coach of his. Max Rushden, Will Unwin, Nicky Bandini and Lars Sivertsen pore over the Portugal man's latest headlines. Watch the full podcast episode ► https://youtu.be/qevjojVKSXc Subscribe to Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball?subconfirmation=1 We want your feedback! If you had any thoughts on our coverage of the World Cup, please let us know here ► www.theguardian.com/YTWorldCupSurvey The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://support.theguardian.com/ Guardian Football Weekly: https://www.tiktok.com/@guardianfootballweekly https://www.instagram.com/guardianfootballweekly/ Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Bluesky ► https://bsky.app/profile/sport.theguardian.com Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/guardiansport/ The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://www.youtube.com/@theguardian Football Weekly podcast ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport
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Uh Cristiano Ronaldo, this is absolutely sensational, has been given a 30-day suspension from when he walked out uh as in from the moment he walked out and a 215 pound fine uh after he was left as an unused sub in that Portugal game. The fact that it's a 30-day suspension from the moment he walked out means he will miss no games for Portugal. 215 pounds is it's funnier than no pounds, [laughter] isn't it? At the BBC worked out on his current wages, it'll take him 38 seconds to to earn 215 pounds. It is Punishment was mitigated because of his service to Portugal. Ronaldo apparently sent his CV in as evidence. It can't be that can't be real. What would he says conversational French and you know, he likes hill walking and can you know, he can ride a horse. I don't know. Um It's it's Nikki, it's a sort of mad. You know, it's just a I mean, I suppose it's not surprising, but it is just it's ridiculous. >> I just would love I would love to see what would be on that CV. I'd love to know what the priorities are, what the things that are listed. I wouldn't know if there's like key skills listed underneath each section, you know, learning from each each each posting. >> Yeah, PowerPoint. Can he do PowerPoint? Has he got that in there? What do you think? >> Um he's got quite a few languages. That's always nice things to put in your CV, isn't it? Quite a few languages. Um gosh, you know, it's it's it's late chapter so pop press stuff that um it it all feels like it's it's almost like moving on from from being a footballer and and becoming uh the next the next bit after being a footballer, whatever this is now. >> Yeah. Yeah, I work really well in a team, he says at the top of his CV. You're like, uh yes, well, well, this is is say he's closing it on retirement. Let's be honest. This is just what retired people do. They moan about everything they can't. You know, he's on Facebook discussing next door neighbors bins being left out for an extra two days. He is put He is pointing at potholes and sending photos to the local counselor. That's all it is. This is what happens. Your job's gone. You need something to fill your time. You complain [laughter] about it. >> I think you If Josh has who has any sense of humor in the next Portugal game, he will not start him, and then he'll send him to warm up and not bring him on. >> Oh. >> just see what happens >> Please, I mean, every in inject that into my veins. It would be absolutely >> incredible, wouldn't it? Um Ten Hag was pretty damning of Ronaldo. He did an interview in the Athletic with Laurie Whitwell saying Ronaldo didn't you know, just wasn't physically in condition, didn't train hard enough, told other players, uh, you know, to rest themselves during training. Quite interesting. Said he tried to get Manchester United to sign Declan Rice, Harry Kane, Brian Brobbey, and Danny Welbeck. I mean, signing them all would be impressive. And how there was a toxic culture at the club. I don't know if anyone has read it or or >> Uh, read it. I mean, yeah. >> doesn't massively surprise, does it? I mean, especially the way you look at it. Again, Ronaldo leaving a situation early, as in, his Manchester United contract. So, yeah, I mean, United's culture has been the problem, and, you know, not just Ronaldo, let's be honest, but clearly he was an issue at the time. It doesn't You don't You know, he walked out of a preseason game at halftime. He clearly wasn't, well, according to Ten Hag, I'll say, wasn't putting the effort in in training. And if he's He's there to try and fix culture in many ways. You know, he was seen as an elite professional, but, you know, he got there, he complained about facilities, etc. and so forth. He doesn't seem like he was the leader you wanted at that stage. You know, maybe no wonder he wanted Welbeck in to try and set set a better culture. But, yeah, I mean, it wasn't a successful period for him. Uh, second time around at United, I know his figures show that he probably did better than people think, but um yeah, not not a surprising collection of comments from Ten Hag, so >> was an interesting decision to do I don't know if he's writing a book or you know, to to go public on these things. What you actually gain, you know, from Ten Hag's perspective. >> Probably helped him out with Michael Carrick. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, maybe. Yeah, yeah, yeah, possibly. Yes, Lisandro's done his bit and now Ten Hag comes in.