Former Manchester United assistant Mike Phelan has concurred with Cristiano Ronaldo's previous criticisms of the Carrington training centre, acknowledging that there are indeed "issues" at the facility. Phelan was quizzed about his thoughts on United's training ground during an appearance on the Ben Heath podcast . This came off the back of Ronaldo's controversial critique of the complex during his 2022 interview with Piers Morgan .
Ex-United coach Phelan candidly discussed the current state of Carrington, conceding that it requires some "brightening up". "There are issues," Phelan confessed. "We all have houses and if we don't paint them regularly enough or we don't do the pointing on the walls then it starts to corrode a little bit so I think there was an element of that.
When I came back everything was there, it was just a case of brightening it up and sprucing it up." Ronaldo, who had two stints at United, first from 2003 to 2009 and then returning in 2021, expressed his disappointment with the club's lack of progress since Sir Alex Ferguson 's departure. In an honest chat with Piers Morgan in November 2022, shortly before his contract was terminated, he said: "I don't know what's going on but since Sir Alex Ferguson left I saw no evolution in the club, the progress was zero.
Nothing changed. Surprisingly. "Not only the pool, the jacuzzi, even the gym.
.. Even some points, the technology , the kitchen, the chefs, which is, I appreciate, lovely persons.
They stopped in a ti.
