Manchester United Treble winner Nicky Butt admits he finds the Cristiano Ronaldo situation as "sad".

In a two-part conversation between Ronaldo and Morgan which aired on TalkTV this week, the 37-year-old criticised the club, Erik ten Hag, the Glazers, as well as Butt's former teammate and colleague at Salford City, Gary Neville.

While members of his family have watched the interview, Butt told the Manchester Evening News: "Honestly I haven't watched it, I'm not ducking [the question] but I will tell you what I think.

"I haven't watched it because I do not particularly want to watch it. I think it is sad that a great club like Man United and an unbelievable player like Ronaldo can't come together and sort it out like they should do with respect, respect from both sides that is, shake hands and then if he is going to move on, move on.

"When I see it, hear about it or watch it, my son was in the house the other day watching it, I couldn't watch it because I think it is really sad, really sad that a player of that ilk, who has so much admiration from Manchester United fans, would do an interview like that. But I also feel sad that a massive club like Manchester United can't sit a player down and find a way through this c*p that is going on.

"Some of the stuff Ronaldo has said might be valid but I can't look at that and say that he was right to do it because I don't think anyone could say that."