Cristiano Ronaldo once said United needed to “tear it down and rebuild it.” Two years later, they’ve done just that — now it’s up to the players to match the new gold standard.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as ‘The Problem’—Erik ten Hag Reflects on Cristiano Ronaldo Feud at Man Utd. Erik ten Hag admitted Cristiano Ronaldo was not “the problem” during his tumultuous two-and-a-half- year reign at Manchester United.

Erik ten Hag, recently appointed Xabi Alonso’s successor as Bayer Leverkusen manager, opened up on what went wrong during his reign as Manchester United manager while revealing that Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo had nothing to do with the drastic decline.