Former Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has revealed that the Red Devils had to let Daniel James leave the club when Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Old Trafford from Juventus in 2021.
Solskjaer also revealed that Ronaldo told him to start him for three games in a row, and then put him on the bench for the fourth game.
He added that the Portugal captain was so passionate that when he did what he told him, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner doesn’t like it.
“We were one of the highest pressing teams before [Ronaldo joined]. We let Dan James go when Cristiano came in, and they are two different types of players. It was the right decision to make for me – it didn’t turn out to be the right one,” Solskjaer said on the Stick to Football podcast, sponsored by SkyBet.
“Part of signing Cristiano Ronaldo was getting that passion from him, but that did have its complications. You’ve got Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, who can learn from Cristiano as he’s the best, the most disciplined and he’s been the best player in the world, and you think he is going to help them.
“When he arrived at the club, he told me to start him for three games in a row, and then put me on the bench for the fourth game, but he is so passionate so when I did that, he did not like it.”
