Morgan told to stop Ronaldo to Arsenal talk after Arteta response

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Piers Morgan has been told that Cristiano Ronaldo is the last player Mikel Arteta would want at Arsenal. Former Gunners winger Perry Groves has ridiculed Morgan’s claim that the Manchester United star would be perfect for Arteta’s side.

Ronaldo’s second spell at United looks set to come to an end. The Portugal superstar held an explosive interview with Morgan where he has hit out at the club, including manager Erik ten Hag and the Glazer family.

Broadcaster Morgan is one of Ronaldo’s biggest supporters and believes he is still capable of performing at the highest level. With Arsenal top of the Premier League table, he claimed this week that the 37-year-old would be the perfect player to spearhead their title challenge.

Morgan told talkSPORT: “Gabriel Jesus needs a scoring partner next to him, and Jesus’ heat map is so outrageous. He [Jesus] covers so much ground, actually what we [Arsenal] need is a fox in the box, a world class player with bags of experience, who has won everything, and to help us get over the line.

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“I can think of somebody – Cristiano Ronaldo! I would take him for six months in a heartbeat, and this idea that Ronaldo can’t suddenly play football, I’m sorry, it’s laughable.”

But Groves cannot think of another player who would have more of a negative impact on the Arsenal squad than Ronaldo. The pundit says Ronaldo would cause 20 times the trouble Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang brought to the Gunners.

Groves says Arteta would never want a player with the ego of Ronaldo in his squad. He said: “Piers Morgan saying Arsenal should be in for him. Piers, please. I don’t know if you’ve done your coaching badges or how qualified you are…

“It’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Ronaldo is Aubameyang times 20!

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“The philosophy Mikel Arteta has put into these players is no egos, humbleness, you all work hard for the team, it’s about the team, the non-negotiables. Then you go and put the biggest ego on the planet and disrupt all that.”

It is not the first time Morgan has attempted to lure Ronaldo to Arsenal. During an interview in 2019, Morgan handed him an Arsenal shirt with ‘Ronaldo 7’ on the back.

The Gunners were close to signing the forward in 2003 before he first joined United. But almost 20 years on, they will not be making that move again.

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