Jamie Carragher says only three Man Utd legends will defend Cristiano Ronaldo as he slams his Piers Morgan interview
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JAMIE CARRAGHER believes only three Manchester United legends will defend Cristiano Ronaldo after his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan.
The ex-Liverpool defender, 44, slammed the Portuguese forward for his honest and frank conversation with SunSport columnist Morgan.
In the world exclusive interview, Ronaldo said he felt betrayed by United and was made to feel like he was blamed for everything going wrong at Old Trafford.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner also confirmed it was Sir Alex Ferguson who convinced him to snub rivals Manchester City to rejoin United.
But the 37-year-old reckons the club has not progressed since the legendary boss' retirement nine years ago - then added he does not respect current gaffer Erik ten Hag in a major claim.
But Carragher hit out at Ronaldo - who also took a dig at former team-mate Wayne Rooney - for his comments.
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And then he named the three ex-Old Trafford heroes he expects to stick by Ronaldo.
The Sky Sports pundit tweeted: "Ronaldo, 'I don’t respect the manager'.
"Ronaldo under ETH: Announced he wanted to leave, refused to come on as a substitute, walked off the bench & left before the game had finished.
"99 per cent of United fans will be on the side of ETH, which shows how badly Ronaldo has handled this."
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Carragher then added: "The 1 per cent will be Rio [Ferdinand], Roy [Keane] & Patrice [Evra]…."
Keane was passionate in his defence of Ronaldo when he refused to come on as a substitute against Tottenham last month - and then left the stadium before full-time.
Ferdinand and Evra have also tended to support their former team-mate while Gary Neville has openly criticised the player and said he should be pushed out of the club, leading to Ronaldo ignoring him in a brutal TV snub.
Ferdinand hit back at Carragher's claim and offered the Liverpool legend to come on his podcast.
The ex-United man wrote: "Morning Carra… u wanna come on Vibe With Five to discuss today?"
But the Sky pundit fired in response: "100. Have you left the WhatsApp group chat yet??" in another dig at his former rival.
Carragher then said on Sky Sports News: "I just thought the comments were bizarre. They were bang out of order considering the timing of it.
"They should be enjoying themselves and then the Ronaldo interview comes out and boom - it's about negativity.
"Not the team, not the manager - it's about Cristiano Ronaldo. And it's been like that since he's come back. It's basically been the Cristiano Ronaldo show.
"This season he's not involved and he's craving the attention that he can't get because he's not on the pitch.
"The only way he's going to do that is by causing trouble and that was exactly his intention with the interview.
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"He wants to be sacked, that's obvious."
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But Morgan responded on Twitter: "You might change your mind about the interview when you hear what he says about @GNev2."
Watch ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored: 90 Minutes with Ronaldo’, 8pm on Wednesday and Thursday on TalkTV. Find TalkTV on Sky 526, Virgin Media 606, Freeview 237, Freesat 217 and Sky Glass 508, live and on demand on the TalkTV app, streaming services and at Talk.TV
