Manchester United‘s all-time main scorer Wayne Rooney has questioned the Previous Trafford futures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba, saying that the membership must go along with “younger, hungry players” to raise them out of their present malaise.
United are set to endure their fifth-straight season and not using a trophy following their elimination from the Champions League by Atletico Madrid final month. In addition they face an uphill battle to make subsequent season’s Champions League, with the facet at the moment languishing down in seventh place within the Premier League.
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Ronaldo has scored 18 objectives in all competitions thus far this season since arriving from Juventus. However Rooney, who performed alongside Ronaldo in the course of the Portugal star’s first spell at Previous Trafford, stated final summer season’s signing has not labored out.
“You’d have to say no at the minute,” Rooney told Sky Sports. “He’s scored goals, important goals in the Champions League early on in the season. He scored obviously the hat-trick against Tottenham.
“However I believe should you’re seeking to the way forward for the membership, you need to go along with youthful, hungry gamers to raise Manchester United over these subsequent two or three years.
“Obviously, Cristiano is getting on a bit. He certainly isn’t the player he was in his 20s and that happens — that’s football. He’s a goal threat but the rest of the game they need more and they need young, hungry players.”
🗣️ “He’s a goal threat but the rest of the game, they need more.”
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There additionally continues to be a lot discuss concerning the standing of one other of Rooney’s former United teammates at the moment in his second spell on the membership. And with Pogba’s contract set to run out this summer season, Rooney believes it’s time for the France midfielder to hunt a brand new problem.
“It’s probably got to a point now where it probably is better to move on,” Rooney stated. “And I think if Paul is honest with himself he probably hasn’t had the impact he would have liked since he returned to Manchester United.
“I watch him play for France and it is a utterly completely different participant.
“It just hasn’t quite worked for Manchester United for him and I think there’s a few players they need to let go.”
Rooney, who revealed final week that he aims to one day become Manchester United manager, additionally weighed in on who ought to take over from interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick for subsequent season.
ESPN reported last month that United had interviewed Ajax boss Erik ten Hag, although present Paris Saint-Germain supervisor Mauricio Pochettino stays a contender.
“I think Pochettino has done it in the Premier League, he knows the Premier League,” Rooney stated. “At Tottenham he brought a lot of young players through, at Southampton as well.
“So if I am selecting from one in all them two [Pochettino or Ten Hag] that is who I would select, I would go along with Pochettino. And provides him time. Managers now want time to return in, put their blueprint on the membership and the workforce. For those who give him time I believe he’ll do nicely.”
