Ronaldo was 36 when he returned to Manchester United from Juventus in 2021, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was supervisor.
Underneath Ten Hag, he scored simply three targets in 16 outings earlier than his exit in the course of the 2022-23 marketing campaign.
“It is the mistaken thought to place this to me that I anticipated him to do the urgent, that he is exhausted,” added Ten Hag. “However he could not. He ran neither in possession nor out of possession. The rationale was as a result of he did not put together himself.
“Each prime crew has to embrace the highest participant, however the prime participant has to work for the crew.
“He was telling the gamers, ‘save your legs on the coaching’. I perceive it if you end up prime match – you might have classes it can save you the legs. However first it’s important to prepare your self to get into the proper health ranges.”
The publication of Ten Hag’s interview comes as Ronaldo has been given a 30-day suspension and fined 255 euros (£215) by the Portuguese Soccer Federation for leaving his nation’s worldwide camp final month.
Ten Hag was sacked by Manchester United in October 2024, having gained the Carabao Cup in 2023 and FA Cup in 2024.
On his time at Outdated Trafford, Ten Hag added he wished to signal Frenkie de Jong, Harry Kane and Declan Rice, and was towards the sale of Scott McTominay to Napoli in August 2024.
“I mentioned for the primary season, ‘centre-half, there’s an issue, centre-midfield, there’s a drawback, and particularly I want a strategist, then we want targets’. And that was the largest problem in all my three years: targets,” mentioned Ten Hag.
