Piers Morgan wins prestigious British Sports journalism award for Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial interview

Piers thanked the Portuguese star after winning the prestigious award


Piers Morgan wins prestigious British Sports journalism award for Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial interview

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Piers Morgan won the Scoop of the Year award at the British Sports Journalism Awards ceremony for his world-exclusive interview with Cristiano Ronaldo on TalkTV in late 2022. Piers said, “I want to say a huge thank you to Cristiano, without him I wouldn’t be here and there would be no scoop, so thank you.”

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The interview broke on social media, with Cristiano Ronaldo blasting his manager Erik ten Hag, the club’s facilities, the Glazer owners, as well as his teammates. “I don’t have respect for him because he doesn’t show respect for me, If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never going have respect for you,” he said when talking about the Manchester United manager. This was after the player who had not once but twice left the stadium in the middle of a game this season.

“Yes. Not only the coach, but the other two or three guys around the club. I felt betrayed,” the 37-year-old said. “People should hear the truth. Yes, I feel betrayed. Some people don’t want me here not only this year, but last year too,” he continued. Jorge Mendes had offered the player to the likes of Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, PSG, Chelsea as well as Borussia Dortmund in the summer transfer window, but none of them was willing to sign the Portuguese but the interview with the broadcaster tore Ronaldo’s relationship with superagent and he fired Mendes.

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Ten Hag brutally trolled by Piers Morga after 7-0 defeat against Liverpool

Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan is a prominent media figure.

Piers Morgan publicly tore into Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag after their embarrassing 7-0 loss to Liverpool at Anfield. The club from Manchester conceded six goals in the second half in an extraordinary collapse. It was a particularly surprising result after the Red Devils recently won the Carabao Cup and had been unbeaten for 11 games.

He began by sharing a picture of Ten Hag dancing with Antony and Lisandro Martinez after their Carabao Cup final win at Wembley. He wrote: “Don’t think we’ll be seeing any dancing tonight,” Piers followed up on United’s disgraceful defeat at the hands of Liverpool. Ten Hag’s comments on not losing sleep after Ronaldo’s departure riled Morgan up. He said, “Good luck with your sleep tonight, genius.”

The series of tweets ended with a call for Ten Hag’s resignation, saying, “Has Ten Hag resigned yet? How can any Manchester United manager survive a performance & result that catastrophically dreadful?”. Erik ten Hag has managed 42 games for United so far, winning 30, drawing 5 and losing 7. His win rate of 71.4% is higher than any United manager in the post-Ferguson era.

Erik ten Hag is said to have scheduled more sessions with the sports psychologist for the players, hoping to improve the club’s performances in the near future. Reports suggest that he also threatened the players that a similar loss of application would result in demotion to the u21s.

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