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Angry Ronaldo storms down tunnel alone after Man Utd drop points vs Everton
Cristiano Ronaldo stormed down the tunnel at Old Trafford after Manchester United were held by Everton. The Toffees were good value for their point as Andros Townsend levelled in the second-half following Anthony Martial’s opener.
According to Mirror in the UK, Ronaldo was left on the bench despite his midweek heroics against Villarreal in the Champions League.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer called upon his No 7 with over half an hour to go – and United in the lead.
Following Everton’s equaliser Ronaldo was unable to find the decisive winning goal as the Red Devils missed the chance to go top.
After the full-time whistle the 36-year-old didn’t hang around and was seen briefly exchanging words with Townsend before storming down the tunnel alone.
Ronaldo has already stated his desire to again win trophies in Manchester, despite the club going five years without any silverware.
A draw means they missed the chance to go top of the league and Rio Ferdinand attempted to explain his former teammate’s anger.
“He stomped down the tunnel, disappointed about the result obviously we’ve all been there,” he said on BT Sport.
“I think it’ll be a mixture of things, he’s a man in form, scored five in five, wanted to continue that vein of form and shoot his side to victory, I understand the frustrations and it comes out like that.
“Pogba down the tunnel after him. A club like Manchester United with the depth they have in their squad should be able to get the job done.
“You have to remember the players that were missing in this Everton team today, neither of their strikers played today, probably the weakest they’ve been for a while, you’d expect to go and beat them.
“Nine games without a clean sheet is a poor record for Man United, that’s what undone them today they controlled large parts of this game but give up a lot of chances.”
Ronaldo has been a serial winner throughout his career, most recently at Juventus and Real Madrid.
Many of United’s current squad are yet to taste that winning feeling and Jermaine Jenas insists it is on Solskjaer to manage things.
He said: “He (Ronaldo) wants to win the league, he’s not here for anything else but to win a premier League title and he understands how to win a league title games like today, for him he’s fuming.
“That for any manager is a blessing, he’s got to manage it Ole now but he’s got one of the most notorious winners ever in the game.
“They’re lucky to have him, he’s going to be upset about that.”
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal great’s net worth at an estimated $1.4 billion.
The 40-year-old striker’s financial ascent comes after he signed a new contract with Saudi side Al-Nassr in June reportedly worth more than $400 million.
Bloomberg said that Ronaldo earned more than $550 million in salary between 2002 and 2023, supplemented by a decade-long Nike deal worth nearly $18 million annually, and lucrative endorsements with Armani, Castrol and others that added more than $175 million to his fortune.
Ronaldo’s move to Al-Nassr from Manchester United in 2023 had already made him the highest-paid player in football history, with an annual salary of 177 million pounds ($237.52 million), plus bonuses and a reported 15% share in his Saudi Arabia club.
Argentina and Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi has earned more than $600 million in pre-tax salary during his career.
Ronaldo’s billionaire status places him among a rare group of athletes that includes basketball greats Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and LeBron James, golfer Tiger Woods and tennis player Roger Federer.
Ronaldo suggested he is not considering retirement any time soon.
“I still have a passion for this,” he said at the Portugal Football Globes gala on Tuesday. “My family says it’s time to quit and they ask me why I want to score 1000 goals if I’ve already scored 900-something. But I don’t think that way inside.
“I’m still producing good things, I’m helping my club and the national team. Why not continue? I am sure that when I finish I will leave full because I gave everything of myself. I know I don’t have many years left to play, but the few I have left, I have to enjoy them to the fullest.”
-Reuters
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Former England soccer captain David Beckham and actor Gary Oldman were knighted in King Charles’ annual birthday honours list on Saturday, while sculptor Antony Gormley was made a Companion of Honour.
Beckham, 50, joined Manchester United as a trainee in 1993, going on to make almost 400 appearances for the club where he won a string of titles and cups.
He subsequently played for Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, and Inter Milan, as well as captaining his country 58 times and making 115 appearances.
His marriage to fashion designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham in 1999 cemented a celebrity status which went far beyond his sporting exploits.
Oldman, 67, started his career on the stage, where he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, before rising to prominence in film. He won the best actor Oscar for playing Winston Churchill in the 2017 drama “Darkest Hour”.
He also had roles in the “Dark Knight Trilogy” and the “Harry Potter” movie series and more recently starred in the TV spy drama “Slow Horses”.
Other famous names receiving honours included damehoods for musical theatre star Elaine Paige, novelist Pat Barker and ceramics maker Emma Bridgewater.
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of rock band the Who and a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust, received a knighthood for services to charity.
More than 1,200 people received honours for their achievements, with a particular focus on those who had given their time to public service, the government said.
King Charles’ official birthday will be celebrated with the annual “Trooping the Colour” military parade in London on Saturday. His actual birthday is on November 14
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One of three judges in Diego Maradona’s closely scrutinized homicide trial in Argentina resigned on Tuesday amid a scandal triggered by the alleged filming of an unauthorised documentary, bringing uncertainty to the future of legal proceedings.
The high-profile trial over the death of soccer star Maradona began on March 11 in the South American country where the World Cup winner is still revered.
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