Former Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich says the Reds must 'move on' from the controversy surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo, following his refusal to step off the bench in last Wednesday's 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
The 37-year-old, who has scored just two goals in all competitions so far this season, was dropped to the bench for the visit of Antonio Conte's side, just three days after earning his second Premier League start of the season in the goalless draw with Newcastle United. He was asked to step off the bench and into the heat of the battle in the closing stages of the contest by manager Erik ten Hag.
Ronaldo, however, refused, instead choosing to walk down the touchline, down the tunnel, back into the dressing room and leave the stadium, all before the full-time whistle. Ten Hag took disciplinary action against the Portugal international and banished him from the squad for Saturday's draw at Chelsea.
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As reported by the Manchester Evening News , Ten Hag and Ronaldo held talks at the club's Carrington base on Tuesday before the Portugal international returned to training with the rest of United's first-team players. It remains to be seen if the former Real Madrid man will be included in the squad for Thursday night's Europa League clash with Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford.
But for former goalkeeper Bosnich, who had two spells at Old Trafford during his career, United need to focus on the future and not get bogged down in the situation that has unfolded in the past week. He also believes there are two sides to the story about what happened.
"The club need to move on as well, I think that is quite apparent and has been for quite some time," Bosnich told Sky Sports. "Obviously there has been a massive debate about everything that's been going on and I don't think anyone, including my ex-teammate Roy Keane, has basically supported for him for what he did about walking off and driving off.
"I think people have got to remember, and maybe Roy didn't put in such a way, that there is always two sides to every story. The bottom line is, because we don't know exactly what is going on behind the scenes, but if somebody is getting really wound up behind the scenes and they end up doing what Cristiano did, which doesn't do his cause no good, then people start to look and say, 'hang on, there's only one side to the story here'.
"Obviously there's not; there's always two sides to every story."
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