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Man Utd great Cantona slams Ronaldo

Manchester United great Eric Cantons has slammed Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo had his contract terminated by United before signing for Al Nassr.

Cantona reckons Ronaldo is failing to accept that his career is nearing an end.

He told Manchester Evening News: "I think you have two kinds of players at the end of their career. Me, I decided to retire young, that's another thing.

"And then the one who wants to play and play until the age of 40 years old.

"You have two kind of players: the one who wants to play every game because they still think they're 25 years old and the ones who realise they are not 25 years old and they are here to help the young players, they know they will not play every game, they know they will play some games.

"But their part is to help the young players. Like (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic still does it with Milan, Ryan Giggs or (Paolo) Maldini when he was in Milan."

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