What has been said?
Ferdinand praised Ronaldo for a good season which saw him finish behind eventual golden boot winners Mohamed Salah and Heung-Min Son with his 18 league goals.
“On a personal level he does what Ronaldo does, he scores goals, he wins games and without Ronaldo they don’t get out the knockout stages of the Champions League,” Ferdinand told FootballJOE’s YouTube channel.
He then went on to state that Ronaldo did not have help despite pulling rabbits out of his hat on a number of occasions.
“He’s scored winning goals multiple times and he has held up his side of the bargain. I think the club obviously hasn’t played their role in terms of giving him the platform for success,” Ferdinand added.
“It just shows you that great players, those in conversation as the best players ever – and he’s one of them – you can’t do it alone, you need team-mates to help and this shows that.”
Ronaldo and ten Hag will work well
Ferdinand then implied that Ronaldo and ten Hag will flourish together in the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s last season, per his contract, but that they need time.
“We have to wait and see. This is something we need to wait for and give it time,” the former England international stayed. “Ronaldo said this new manager needs to be given time and he needs to be afforded that given the resources, given the patience, to try and create something. He has to create something from almost scratch here.”
