Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has claimed the club will "know they have to terminate" Cristiano Ronaldo's contract following his interview with Piers Morgan.
Ronaldo's interview with Morgan has seen wild accusations being made by the 37-year-old concerning almost every aspect of the club. Erik ten Hag, Ralf Rangnick, the Glazers, the facilities, Wayne Rooney, Neville and the club's younger players have all been targeted by the Portugal international in a scathing assessment of United.
Ronaldo particularly took issue with Neville, as he claimed that the former United captain was only criticising him to become "more famous".
Ronaldo told Morgan: "To listen as ex-colleagues or teammates criticise you, when they only see one point of view. It's easy to criticise, I don't know if you have a job in television that they must criticise to be more famous. I really don't understand it.
"It's hard when you see people who was in the dressing room with you criticising that way. I think they take advantage of that because they are not stupid. I'm the number one followed guy in the world. It's not by coincidence."
Neville has now responded to the sensational interview, claiming United have no other choice but to terminate Ronaldo's contract.
Neville told Sky Sports : "l don't think he wants a way back. He wouldn't have done this interview if he wanted a way back. He knew it would bring the headlines it has and the end of his Manchester United club.
"I'm wondering what Man United are doing because the reality of it is they know they have to terminate Cristiano's contract or they basically open up a precedent so any player can criticise them in the future.
"I agree with some of the things Cristiano has said and many Man United fans will agree with many things Cristiano has said but the reality is if you're an employee within a business and say those things your employment has to terminate and Man United have to do that in the next few days.
"Cristiano probably wants that as well but it didn't need to end like that. They could have come together a couple of weeks ago and navigated a pathway through what could have potentially been choppy seas to the shore but it's not happened, they've both basically backed themselves into a corner."
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