Ralf Rangnick names the position Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t want to play in amid Man Utd future uncertainty

Cristiano Ronaldo’s future at Manchester United stays unsure (Image: James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Photos)

Ralf Rangnick says Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t need to play as a central striker and Manchester United might want to recruit extra forwards to help him subsequent season.

The Portuguese scored his twenty fourth objective of the season in United’s 3-0 win over Brentford on Monday night time and at 37 years of age he’s been the standout participant in a disappointing marketing campaign for the Purple Devils.

However with Erik ten Hag coming in to take cost in the summertime there's loads of hypothesis over whether or not Ronaldo can be a part of his plans.

Interim boss Rangnick says no matter occurs, Ronaldo wants help up prime and signing extra strikers must be key.

‘The best way that he performed once more tonight, not solely as a result of he scored a objective however he additionally received the penalty and helped defensively tonight, so why ought to he not be a participant who may nonetheless be a part of the squad and assist the staff?’ Rangnick stated.

‘However it is a query it's important to ask Erik when he's right here and it's also vital how Cristiano sees himself and his place.

Cristiano Ronaldo bagged his twenty fourth objective of the season on Monday night time (Image: Naomi Baker/Getty Photos)

‘Cristiano shouldn't be a central striker, he additionally doesn't need to play in that place. To be able to not play central, it's important to play with two strikers as we did within the final quarter-hour or in my first sport in opposition to Crystal Palace or the second in opposition to Norwich, and even within the second-half in opposition to Newcastle.

‘However should you have a look at worldwide soccer, there should not many prime groups who play with two strikers.

‘A lot of the worldwide prime groups both play with three strikers or a false 9, so for me it’s not a query of place, it’s a query of what sort of high quality gamers Manchester United have sooner or later.’

Purple Devils followers will definitely expect new faces within the switch window with Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial anticipated to depart on the finish of the season, whereas Marcus Rashford has been linked with a transfer away given his wrestle to search out kind.

As for Ronaldo, he’s nonetheless underneath contract for an additional yr.

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