Manchester United ‘to sue’ Cristiano Ronaldo after he accused club of betraying him

Manchester United are preparing to take legal action against Cristiano Ronaldo over his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan.

Manchester United are preparing to take legal action against Cristiano Ronaldo over his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan.

Ronaldo has torn the club to shreds in a two night one-on-one world exclusive that has rocked football.

SunSport revealed exclusively this week that the club wanted to rip up his contract.

A club statement has now not only seemed to confirm that but left the door open to further action against the player.

Cristiano Ronaldo. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

The statement read: “Manchester United has this morning initiated appropriate steps in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent media interview.

“We will not be making further comment until this process reaches its conclusion.”

It follows a lengthier statement issued earlier this week in which the club acknowledged the tell-all interview.

Ronaldo slammed the club and revealed he does not respect manager Erik ten Hag in the 90-minute sit-down on TalkTV.

United chiefs, including Ten Hag, met on Monday to discuss how to respond to Ronaldo’s outburst.

Cristiano Ronaldo is likely on his way out from Manchester United (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

In the first half of the interview which aired on Wednesday Ronaldo described his shock at the club’s stagnation since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure in 2013.

He also spoke of his surprise at the club appointing Ralf Rangnick on an interim basis - revealing he had never even heard of the German.

Ronaldo went on to criticise the Glazers and accused the American owners of not caring about the club.

He said: “The Glazers, they don’t — they don’t care about, about the club. I mean, professional sport.

“As you know this, Manchester is a marketing club. They will get its money from the marketing, the sport, it’s … they don’t really care, in my opinion.”

Asked: “Do you ever talk to them, the Glazers?”, Ronaldo replied “Never. No. They give all the power to the president, sporting director.”

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Originally published as Manchester United ‘to sue’ Cristiano Ronaldo after he accused club of betraying him