Breaking news: Cristiano Ronaldo gives Manchester United fans final words about His future , amid the appointment of new captain which is not him ,as he reveals new club captain .

 Something radical needs to change 

at Manchester United even if it means

 important players like Cristiano Ronaldo

 being sold.

You have to be careful dealing with 

superstars on big contracts, it’s better 

to find other takers before you fall out 

with them.

But the bigger picture is that United 

have gone five years without a trophy 

and need to back a top manager who is 

there for the long haul, whether it be 

Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino 

or someone else. Those guys will want 

to do things their own way and a clear-

out makes sense, headed by Paul Pogba 

and Ronaldo.

You can’t question Ronaldo’s quality but

 he’s 37 and, despite his goals, United 

don’t have balance as a team.

They rely on Ronaldo’s individual brilliance

, which can work in some games, like 

Tottenham last Saturday, but doesn’t 

against the best teams in the Premier 

League and Champions League.

Manchester City and Liverpool have 

pushed the bar so high, United need 

both world-class ability and incredible 

physical output to compete and the 

latter isn’t in Ronaldo’s game any more.

Paris Saint-Germain are in a similar 

predicament. They have arguably 

the best players in the world but still lose

 to better team units. Real Madrid steamrollered

 them and they are out of the Champions

 League, just like United.

For former glories to return to Old 

Trafford, United’s players need to press

 and compete for 60 matches a season 

in addition to the ability they possess. I 

can’t see Ronaldo being part of that.

Selling him will be difficult for United 

fans. He’s a hero and rightly so but 

that doesn’t alter the fact it needs to 

happen for the future good of the team. 

It might be different if Ronaldo had the 

personality to accept he can’t play every

 week, but that wouldn’t happen. He’s

 never played second fiddle.

If the new manager wants Harry Kane, 

I’m not sure Ronaldo would want a supporting

 role. Already he’s eaten into the game 

time of younger players. His presence

 was meant to improve Jadon Sancho

 and Marcus Rashford but if anything 

their form has suffered.

A better United could possibly afford 

to accommodate one player who ran 

a little less. Liverpool work without requiring

 Mo Salah to track back as much as 

other players but it works because they 

have Jordan Henderson, Trent Alexander

-Arnold and others to take up the slack.

 United don’t have the legs throughout 

the team.

Ronaldo is an all-time great but he isn’t 

the solution to United’s problems. They 

need a world-class manager and let 

him build, even it means letting go 

of a legend.