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Cassano tells Man Utd striker Ronaldo: It's over - you're finished

Former Real Madrid and Inter Milan striker Antonio Cassano has called on Cristiano Ronaldo to retire.

Cassano can't see a way back for Ronaldo at Manchester United.

He told Bobo TV: "You need to have self-love and the dignity to say 'I'm finished'. His agent and those around him let him pass like the strongest, but they have not understood that he has not made it for 3-4 years.

"He will continue to score goals in a thousand ways, but in terms of movements he cannot take it anymore. He must have self-love, this summer he had to say: 'Ok, I'm going to Sporting, I'm going to the World Cup and see you all'.

"Instead he puts Manchester United in difficulty, his team, with which he made history. He has the eyes of the world on him and he behaves like this.

"(Erik) Ten Hag is consistent, he makes him play 10-15 minutes. He went to America, China, Dubai. He has nothing to do with football that matters to him. The athleticism is over, if he raised his hand and said enough. And I would applaud him."

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