Manchester United's crises seem to continue this season, as the club's former players continue to criticize their team, with the focus of their targeting on Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 5-time Ballon d'Or winner has not been able to perform at his usual level since his return to the "Red Devils" last summer, and Paul Innes described the former player of "Mano" Ronaldo as "the team's main problem".

Ines asks, "Why didn't the team sign (Erling) Haaland? He didn't need Ronaldo, because everyone thought he was going to Man City."

And he continued - in his speech to the British newspaper "The Sun", "Everyone thought he was great in the first period of the season, and without Ronaldo, United would not have continued his career in the Champions League."

He said that people were saying he would be "great for the club and an example for the players and the youth... We thought that was the case, but it wasn't... It's a bad example."

Ines, who played for Manchester United from 1989 to 1995, also pointed out some behaviors that particularly frustrated him when watching Ronaldo.

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"After a loss or a draw, he was running straight into the dressing room, angry, without greeting the fans in the stands," Innes added. "It's not a good example to follow."

"I feel frustrated, you have to express your feelings behind closed doors, not in full view of fans and cameras."

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Ronaldo scored 14 goals in all competitions before the New Year's holiday, but he did not score in 6 consecutive games, the worst series of not scoring in his career since the 2008-2009 season when he continued to miss the net for 7 consecutive games.

Ines described the captain of the Portugal national team as "a selfish player who loves himself. If he does not score, he will not be happy."

He cited the words of the Italian Giorgio Chiellini, the captain of Juventus, who said - according to Ines - "After Ronaldo leaves, the players will be family again."

One of the main question marks over Ronaldo's future lies in the identity of the new Manchester United manager, as under interim manager Ralph Rangnick he appears increasingly unpopular and that may be enough for him to go, according to Ince.

"It depends on who comes at the end of the season. If Mauricio Pochettino comes, he might stay. But Ronaldo has to play. You can't pay half a million pounds a week for him to be on the bench. Against Burnley the team needed 3 points." Why didn't he play? I can't see him here next season."