Manchester City have endured an awful season, winning just one of their last 13 games in all competitions, with Cristiano Ronaldo now issuing a blunt diagnosis of their problems

Cristiano Ronaldo backed his old club Real Madrid and former rival Manchester City to return to the peak of their powers, as the two European giants approach the midpoint of what has been a difficult season for both.

Cristiano Ronaldo has remarkably opened the door to joining Manchester City in January. The football great has been tipped to return to Manchester after two years in Saudi Arabia, to help the ailing Premier League champions.

Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim to arrest the club’s slump after a difficult start to his compatriot’s Old Trafford reign. Defeat away at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day was a fourth in seven league games under Amorim,

Ronaldo spoke after being named the best player in the Middle East at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai. Amorim — who was hired after Erik ten Hag was fired — has lost five of his first 10 games at United in all competitions.

Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted that Manchester United's problems are not down to new manager Ruben Amorim, and believes he would be able to fix them if he was the club's owner. Amorim has lost five of his 10 games in charge of United -- including four of the last five in the Premier League-- and said ahead of the next game against Newcastle United that his job is not safe.