Manchester United and how far it is from the goal that Cristiano Ronaldo set for himself on his return to the club

Manchester United not have a good time in the Premier League. At the beginning of the season, the ‘Red Devils’ aimed quite high at a local and international level and were even more excited about the return of Cristiano Ronaldo to the club. However, the results do not favorably accompany the team, which this Saturday returned to star in a new setback -without the Portuguese ‘7’ on the field- at draw 2-2 with Aston Villa on matchday 22 of the Premier League.

Bruno Fernandes’ brace thrilled United with an away win at Villa Park, but everything changed in just four minutes. Jacob Ramsey (77′) and newcomer Phillipp Coutinho (81′) put an end to the joy of the ‘Red Devils’ by rescuing a valuable point.

With this adverse result,

“I didn’t come here to fight for sixth place or seventh place or fifth place. I don’t accept that our mentality is less than getting into the top three of the Premier League.”, were the words of CR7 in a recent interview with Sky Sports.

And things are not working out. With two games less, competing for the league title has become an almost impossible mission, but the consolation prize for Cristiano and his team would be to be among the first to qualify for the Champions League, which is also very difficult.

. What the Portuguese team can aspire to with the greatest possibility is the classification of the Champions League: he is currently separated by five points from fourth place West Ham.

United have 18 games left to play and thus complete the league season. For now, everything is possible; It depends on the same players and other club environment to qualify for the Champions League. That yes, in the current campaign of the continental contest, the ‘Red Devils’ continue to aspire to the crown, although with this current performance the panorama has become very complicated.

Would Cristiano Ronaldo leave?

The rumors of the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo before the closing of transfers or at the end of the season they grow from the negative results of Manchester United.

On an individual level, CR7 has scored 14 goals in 21 games with the ‘Red Devils’. His goalscoring condition remains intact. Nevertheless,

The ‘Comandante’ wants to fight for all possible titles in his last years of career, so he does not intend to absent himself in any way from the competition where his name is living history.

Of course, a few days ago ‘The Sun’ reported that Cristiano met with his agent Jorge Mendes in the UK to express his current displeasure at United and ask him to look for other options to continue his career. In other words, his departure can be rushed before January 31, when the transfer market ends.

Along these lines, due to the great relationship between the player’s representative and the culé president Joan Laporta.

If things don’t change for the better at Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo You can assess the different options to leave. Barcelona, ​​which is experiencing a scoring crisis, is a tempting alternative for the Portuguese star, but his special history with Real Madrid would distance him. Be that as it may, only he will have the last word and, for now, he is further than close to continuing at Manchester United.