Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has warned that he is not at Manchester United to compete for lower positions in the league and for the club to be aiming for anything less than a top-three in Premier League is highly unacceptable.
United have have had a disappointing stay in all competitions which lead to the club replacing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with interim manager Ralf Rangnick in December following series of defeats in the Premier League matches.
Rangnick has managed to bring them back to winning ways with four wins from seven matches, but they remain in seventh position in the Premier League and are 22 points behind table-toppers Manchester City after just 19 games.
The defeat to Wolves on January 3 at Old Trafford changed the mind of many towards the German philosophies at the club with defender Luke Shaw saying that he did not feel they were all together during the match.
In his interview with Sky Sports, Ronaldo was asked whether Manchester United could hope to close the gap, He said: “Impossible – I think it’s the main point.
“I don’t accept that our mentality be less than being in the top three in the Premier League.
“I think to build up good things, sometimes you have to destroy a few things. So why not – new year, new life and I hope that Manchester (United) can be the level that the fans want. They deserve that.
“We are capable of changing things now. I know the way but I’m not going to mention it here because I don’t think it’s ethical on my part to say that.
“What I can say is we can do better – all of us. Manchester (United) belongs to important things, so we have to change that.
“I don’t want to be here to be in sixth place, or seventh place, or fifth place. I’m here to try to win, to compete.
“I think we compete but we are not yet in our best level. But we have a long way to improve and I believe if we change our mind, we can achieve big things.”
