Shocking: “Ronaldo is not in Manchester United to score goals”- Carragher and Keane get into a heated argument


Shocking: “Ronaldo is not in Manchester United to score goals”- Carragher and Keane get into a heated argument

Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher got into a heated argument after Manchester United drew 1-1 against Chelsea. Both the pundits argued as to why Ronaldo was signed by Manchester United after he was left on the bench by interim manager Michael Carrick for their game against the league leaders.

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“Ronaldo has not come to Manchester United to sit on the bench”, said Roy Keane

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Ronaldo celebrating the winner

As soon as the highly intense game got over, Roy Keane and Carragher were asked about the situation involving Cristiano Ronaldo. Roy Keane started off by saying,” Ronaldo has not come to the club to sit on the bench. He is a world-class player with good stats this season”. The Irishman went on to say,” Ronaldo’s got some goals and assists too which are keeping United afloat”.

The former United captain also stated,” Manchester United players sometimes need to work around the superstar even if he doesn’t work hard off the ball”. Keane added by saying,” You forgive him because he will come clutch and score goals out of nowhere and get a result for the team”.

Roy Keane thought Ronaldo had got to be in the starting eleven even if United played midweek in the Champions League. The Irishman was not convinced of the team selection and could not think of a reason why Ronaldo was left out.

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“Ronaldo does not have to play every minute of every game” said Carragher

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Ronaldo

Carragher did not seem to agree with what Roy Keane said regarding Ronaldo has to play every minute. For instance, the former Liverpool player said that Ronaldo was brought off early against Young Boys after United went down to 10 men. Eventually United lost the game but Carragher stated,” There was a huge backlash when Ole brought off Ronaldo in that game because United went on to lose. I can understand Ole’s decision that time because Ronaldo is 36 years old and was not defending off the ball”.

The England international also stated, ” Ronaldo is not the same player he was 5 years back and it should not be a big story that Ronaldo is not starting a game”.

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Roy Keane and Carragher got into a heated argument:

After hearing what Carragher said, Roy Keane interrupted by saying that it was not the right decision to bench Ronaldo in a big game against Chelsea.

Roy Keane stated,” Ronaldo has won everything in the game and has lifted the club and he wanted to play the game”. To which Carragher argued,” Of course every player wants to play these games but he is not the same player”.

Roy Keane did not agree with this and said,” If United are chasing a game and they have got Ronaldo on the pitch, the opposition players will pray that if a ball falls to anyone for a goal then it should not be Ronaldo”. The Irishman also added,” Ronaldo is one of the few players that looks interested, cares for the club and is working hard every game”.

Carragher questioned Keane by saying,” Ronaldo does not press, does he?”. To which the former United captain replied,” Ronaldo has not pressed for the last 5 years as he is there to score goals and not sit on the bench”.

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Carragher did not seem to understand why Manchester United signed Ronaldo. The former England International thought Manchester United only signed Ronaldo so that Manchester City would not sign him.

Roy Keane added by saying,” Ronaldo’s stats since coming back have been good”. On hearing that, Carragher replied,’ Goalscoring wise they were good but not pressing wise”.

Roy Keane was left furious with this and asked Carragher,” What is the game about then if not scoring?” Keane also added,” He scores goals and that is the important thing”.

“This is a team game and Ronaldo does not work hard enough”-Jamie Carragher

The England international said since Ronaldo has come back to the club, United have been far from challenging the title. He compared Messi to Ronaldo and said PSG bought Messi but because of that PSG are not close enough to challenge for the Champions League. He said the same goes for United and Ronaldo in regards to the Premier League.

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Roy Keane then interrupted and said,” United have not bought Ronaldo to win the League. They have bought him to win the other cups like the FA Cup”. Carragher could not believe this and argued that Ronaldo is the best player ever so surely United have bought him to win the League but Keane did not agree and they were stopped from arguing before things got heated.

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