Will Cristiano Ronaldo Get EFL Cup Winner Medal If Manchester United Defeat Newcastle United?
Cristiano Ronaldo will not get an EFL Cup winner’s medal even if Manchester United defeat Newcastle United in the final of the competition on Sunday.
Cristiano Ronaldo currently plies his trade for Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr, who he joined on a two-and-a-half-year contract that makes him the highest-paid footballer in the world.
But the Portuguese superstar began the 22/23 season playing for Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo played for Manchester United until parting ways with the Red Devils in November last year by mutual agreement. Manchester United terminated Ronaldo’s contract with the club by mutual consent following the Portuguese icon’s explosive interview with Piers Morgan.
Manchester United will end a six-year trophy drought if they get the better of Magpies at Wembley in the EFL Cup final. But Cristiano Ronaldo will not get an EFL Cup winner’s medal even in the event of Manchester United’s triumph.
The reason for that is Cristiano Ronaldo has not featured for Manchester United in the EFL Cup this season. Although he made 16 appearances for the Red Devils this season before leaving the club, none of those came in the EFL Cup.
10 of Ronaldo’s 16 appearances came in Premier League and other six in Europa League. The Portuguese international never featured for Manchester United in the EFL Cup this season.
The only EFL Cup game Manchester United played in the 22/23 season while Cristiano Ronaldo was still their player was against Aston Villa. But Ronaldo did not feature for the Old Trafford outfit in that game and was not even in the squad for that clash.
Meanwhile, since joining Al-Nassr, Ronaldo has featured in six matches for the Saudi Arabian club. He has scored eight goals and bagged two assists in those matches for Al-Nassr. That includes two hat-tricks, scored in his last three fixtures for the Saudi Pro League side.
Meanwhile, the EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Newcastle United kicks-off at 10:00pm Indian Standard Time on Sunday, February 26.
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