Ronaldo should be SACKED after latest strop - he's become a liability

Take a bow Ange Postecoglou. For showing the world of football there is a manager working in the game who won't stand for the utter nonsense and selfishness of Cristiano Ronaldo.

'Big Ange' lived up to his reputation after showing big courage, where the Portuguese prima donna is concerned. Just three games into Al Nassr's season, Postecoglou hauled Ronaldo off during half time of the clash with Al Ettifaq.

With his side trailing 2-0, down to 10 men due to the sending off of goalkeeper Bento and Ronaldo resembling nothing more significant than an expensive and ageing passenger (where have we seen this before?), Postecoglou did what any self-respecting manager would do. He made a decision which was controversial - but in the best interests of the team. The concept of what a team stands for remains alien to Ronaldo.

What happened next was that Al Nassr completed a remarkable comeback to win the game 3-2. But Ronaldo won't have the wit to work out this happened because of him, not despite of him. In short, because he wasn't on the pitch.

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Having produced another one of his infamous sulks while heading down the tunnel at the break, Ronaldo was nowhere to be seen at the final whistle when his team-mates celebrated the remarkable triumph.

A moment which encapsulates what kind of footballer and personality Ronaldo has become as the flickering embers of his remarkable career continue to turn to ashes.

At the start of 2026 went on strike over what he felt was a lack of financial backing of his club compared to their title rivals Al Hilal.

Showing blissful ignorance to the fact he costs his club the thick end of £500,000-a-day. The bottom line is that Ronaldo has morphed into a maelstrom of mediocrity. He now resembles a punch drunk boxer stumbling around a ring, unable to call upon the talent he once had. There is a reason United sacked him.

And if Al Nassr had any sense, they would now do the same thing. Because he's way more trouble than he's worth.

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