Cristiano Ronaldo wins another award at Man Utd

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 7 Mar 2023 11:02 GMT
• 3 min read

Piers Morgan has won the Sports Journalists’ Association award for Scoop of the Year for his blockbuster interview with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo caused huge controversy ahead of the World Cup in November by sitting down for a no-holds barred interview with TalkTV journalist Morgan.

During the interview, Ronaldo slammed a number of key figures at Man Utd, including current manager Erik ten Hag, past manager Ralf Rangnick, owners The Glazers and club legends Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville.

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He accused Ten Hag and others of betraying him and trying to force him out of the club and was heavily critical of the way Man Utd was being run.

The fallout from this interview was cataclysmic in the football world.

Ronaldo’s contract was subsequently rescinded by Man Utd and no other major clubs around Europe were willing to sign him thereafter.

The 38-year-old eventually joined Saudi side Al-Nassr in January, all but bringing to an end his top-level club career.

Ronaldo may have some solace, though, in knowing that his interview has earned Morgan a prestigious award.

Ronaldo and Morgan are well-known to be close friends, with the journalist regularly offering his support to the Portuguese legend during his career.

Indeed, Morgan was in celebratory mood on Sunday after Man Utd were thrashed 7-0 by Liverpool at Anfield.

What did Morgan tweet?

“Has Ten Hag resigned yet? How can any Manchester United manager survive a performance & result that catastrophically dreadful?” Morgan tweeted.

By this point, he had posted on Man Utd’s loss several times, notably referencing Ten Hag’s pre-match claim that he had slept soundly after Ronaldo left the club in January.

“Good luck with your sleep tonight, genius,” he said in one Tweet.

Another reads: “Anyone got some Xanax for Erik?”

“Funny thing, karma,” he also posted.