Former Crystal Palace owner, Simon Jordan, has described Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as “rats” running away from financial sinking ships.
Jordan was reacting to Messi and Ronaldo’s decisions to leave Barcelona and Juventus respectively this transfer window.
Messi left Barcelona last month after the Catalan giants announced they could no longer pay his huge wages over financial issues they face.
For Ronaldo, having failed to win the Champions League trophy with Juventus for 3 season, the Portuguese refused to continue trying and announced he wanted to leave.
However, Jordan was unimpressed by either player’s conduct, “There’s an argument to be said, Messi and Ronaldo are like rats that are deserting financially sinking ships,” he told talkSPORT.
“Funny how they’re coming out of Spain and Italy when the finances are coming out of Spain and Italy, that could be one argument.
“Ronaldo coming back to United, they’re getting Ronaldo back, they’re getting a player back that once upon a time at United was a young boy that was outstanding and they’re still getting an outstanding footballer back.
“When I see United and I see players like Mason Greenwood yesterday who was absolutely electric, it makes me think about the transaction that has gone on here.
“It’s playing into the gallery from the Glazers point of view – ‘look at us, look at what we’ve done for you guys, we’ve brought something back that no-one thought we could’.
“Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is going to take him, of course he is going to take him and bring him into the fold.
“If he’s making statements that the player is going to start as a matter of course and people are going to have to get used to it, well, I don’t know about that because players should be picked on merit.”
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