The real reason why Cristiano Ronaldo is no longer helpful at United, it’s not because of his age

Five time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently down the pecking order in Erik Ten Hag's Manchester United team, and most of the rumours have being that he's way past his prime at 37, how about we look at his past years of what has been tagged “arrogant” by sections of the media and fans likewise, or his wanting to disrespectfully leave the club in search of Champions League football playing a part in his fall? 

The 37 year old Portugal forward who recently scored his 700th  club goal  in Manchester United’s 2-1 win over Everton last week Sunday showed some traces of his anger issues when he lost his cool after being subbed off against Newcastle United in Sunday’s stalemate and earlier on the pitch when referee Craig Pawson, ruled out what he and his teammates felt was an equalizer, arguing that Fabian Schar touched the ball back to the goalkeeper, Nick Pope to take a free kick. 

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There have being multiple altercations witnessed from a man whose illustrious football career has spanned over 20 years, with one of the most recent being that he stayed away from preseason travels against Ten Hag's order, and you ask yourself again, would you have believed that a Cristiano Ronaldo would sit on the bench at same Manchester United where he made a name for himself, or is Marcus Rashford or Anthony Martial better than the 5 time champions league winner?

Ronaldo's biggest rival, Lionel Messi is just over a year at French club, PSG and he seems to be well respected by the players whom he met there, this could be due to his calm and respectful nature, even though players like Kylian Mbappe are having Issues and it's a split dressing room, Ronaldo can look for a way around and relate better with his younger team mates and the coach to boost his chances

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Meanwhile, a story that emanated in August means the talisman also has to work with his relationship with fans, news spread of Ronaldo likely to be sued, after Sarah Kelly, the mother of a 14-year-old autistic boy branded the former Real Madrid star “the most arrogant man I’ve ever spoken to”,  It will be recalled that Ronaldo moved from having his PA speak with Kelly, whose son’s phone he smashed to the ground as he left the pitch in a anger after Manchester United lost to Everton at Goodison Park last season, to continually pleading “unremorsefully” in multiple calls just to get the sober mum change her perception of him.