Solskjaer reveals how Ronaldo killed their style of play after Man United return

Former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has opened up on Cristiano Ronaldo's struggles on his return to the club, admitting the move 'didn't work out'.

Ronaldo's switch back to Old Trafford from Juventus in 2021 was heralded as a fairytale and met with a celebratory reception by fans and former United players, but it quickly turned into a horror story as his move ended in explosive fashion.

The veteran forward went from being United's top scorer in his first season to an outcast in the following campaign under Erik ten Hag, who dropped the Portuguese star from his side.

Ronaldo came under fire over his attitude during games - including storming off before the end of matches and refusing to come on as a substitute - before he pressed self-destruct by giving a tell-all interview to Piers Morgan, claiming he felt 'betrayed' by United and that he didn't respect Ten Hag.

But despite his positive first season from a personal standpoint, his old manager Solskjaer has revealed 'complications' that his high-profile move brought as he was forced to revamp his style of play, including the way the team pressed, while attempting to fit him into their set-up.

Solskjaer, speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, said: 'We started off straight away thinking how we are going to press and change the little tweaks.

'Cristiano is different to Antony Martial who was up front, or whether we would play Mason [Greenwood] or Marcus [Rashford] up front. Edinson Cavani was the one that suffered the most when Cristiano came in – we'd played and got Edinson into a certain way of understanding the way we played.

'With the ball, with him in the team, it was no problem. Without him [pressing], we had to change a little