Gary Neville has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo failure to ‘adapt’ during his second stint at Manchester United lead to his inevitable exit.

Ronaldo’s return to the Red Devils ended in disaster after his public falling out with manager Erik ten Hag, following his stunning tell-all interview with Piers Morgan.

Tensions initially rose after the five-time Ballon d’Or winner refused to come off the bench and, instead, walked down the tunnel during their 2-0 win over Tottenham.

And now, former team-mate Neville has weighed in on the 38-year-old’s return to Old Trafford and called into question the ‘leadership’ shown by Ronaldo at the time.

Talking to MARCA, Neville said: ‘I think he did very well in terms of goals. He has a character and a personality in which he does not accept second parts.

‘I criticized him because my opinion is that, when you are a leader in the locker room and you are a leader in world football, there are different ways of teaching, different ways of mentoring and different ways of coaching the younger players on the team who are not at your level.

‘I think Cristiano should have modified and adapted his leadership style at United to the players in the locker room who needed mentoring, training and leveling up’.

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