Cristiano Ronaldo

is no longer just a problem at Manchester United.

The tension caused by his latest interview, in which he criticizes his club, his coach and even his own teammates at Old Trafford, has spread to the Portuguese team.

The greeting or not greeting between Cristiano and his United teammate

Bruno Fernandes

on arrival at the concentration has caused the Portuguese press to start talking about the remains of "shrapnel" from Cristiano's bombshell interview, and how it can affect the team just nine days before Portugal debut against Ghana.

The video of the meeting between the Manchester players was released by the Portuguese Federation itself.

In it you can see the midfielder Bruno Fernandes arrive at the locker room, and touch Cristiano on the shoulder as a greeting, and

without looking at his face

.

This does not seem enough to him and he holds out his hand for a few seconds, until Fernandes, after contemplating it for a moment, decides to give it to him.

Then both have an exchange of words that does not leave Cristiano looking good.

The Benfica midfielder

Joao Mario

had to give the first press conference of the concentration this morning, where the main topic was, of course, the disagreement between Cristiano and Bruno.

"I was lucky to be there when these images were taken. I understand what they can cause, but it was a joke between them. (Mario) was one of the last to arrive and Cristiano asked him if he had come by boat" from England, he explained. João Mario.

"I think they have a great relationship, you already saw a little snippet," he concluded.

In fact, what everyone saw is precisely the opposite.

"It's not the first time that a player comes to the national team with problems at the club, but here everything is forgotten because we have a common goal," said Joao Mario, who, for now, denies that Cristian's presence "brings more pressure" to the locker room.

Nothing is coincidence, logically.

And a few hours after

Manchester United

's last game before the break for the

World Cup in Qatar

,

Cristiano Ronaldo decided to turn

Old Trafford

upside down

.

The Portuguese, who had been silent during these months despite being the center of controversy, has coordinated an interview in recent weeks with the well-known journalist

Piers Morgan

, from

The Sun

, whose best phrases were made public on Sunday night .

Just in time.

It has been his cold revenge.

The times used by Cristiano are the beginning of his

springboard to leave

the British team before the club competition returns.

In the talk, the Portuguese, at

37

, assures that he has felt "

betrayed

" by United, that they have turned him into "

the black sheep

" and that the club has not changed "anything" in the last

20 years

.

A whole declaration of intent that has sown chaos in

Erik Ten Hag

's team , which Cristiano does not respect: "

I have no respect

for him because he does not respect me," he accuses him.

In addition, he criticizes that United did not have "empathy" or "support" him during the "difficult times" he went through in May, when one of the children he was expecting with his partner died.

A flash public fire that has been simmering for over a year.

Because the problems between the Portuguese player and the English team already came from before.

Cristiano returned to Manchester in the

summer of 2021

, moving away from Juventus and back with his youthful love, United.

It was rumored that he could end up at City, but it did not come to pass.

He returned to Old Trafford, to a team that had just signed Sancho and Varane and that aspired to the Premier.

He did it, and this is important, under the command on the bench of

Solskjaer

, his former teammate in the Red Devils dressing room during the 2000s.

The source of your anger

But the Manchester board got tired of Solskjaer and chose

Ralf Rangnick

, Leipzig's former sporting director.

“They brought in a sports director, something that nobody can understand.

This man is not even a coach

.

A big club like Manchester United...», says Ronaldo in the interview.

The team could only qualify for the

Europa League

and Cristiano

was left without playing in the Champions League

for the first time in 20 years.

He did not forgive him.

The death of one of his unborn children and the hospitalization of another were the focus of his attention throughout May and June,

missing United's pre-season tour

and drawing criticism from new manager Ten Hag.

"No one can miss a preseason," the Dutchman said at the time.

The reaction of the club's coaching staff to his absence during the summer and the failure to qualify for the Champions League caused a

distance between the player and the club

that was about to break completely.

It was not in the summer, Cristiano continued, he has started in all European matches and has ended up making the starting eleven in the Premier as well.

But the problems were still there and now, just before the World Cup, the Portuguese is looking for the springboard and at Old Trafford they assume that he will not wear red again.

Make United's "betrayal" public

and give a

good level

with his team in the World Cup to find a team in winter.

There's your plan.

On the horizon,

Napoli or Chelsea

, who are in the round of 16 of the

Champions League

.

In the heart, a return to

Sporting de Portugal

to close a legendary career.

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