Cristiano Ronaldo is rumored to take over Manchester United's captaincy position from English defender Harry Maguire in the next football season. The current development is a result of the restructuring of the team under the new manager, Erik Ten Hag.
There were a number of reports earlier on in the season that Ralf Rangnick had planned to replace Maguire as captain with Ronaldo but the Englishman has held onto the captaincy.
Ten Hag is known to be very keen to work with Ronaldo at United after undertaking the managerial role at Old Trafford.
IMAGO / Sportimage
Ronaldo is known to have leadership having qualities.
The striker captains his country and led Portugal to a EURO 2016 win despite being injured in the final.
Now, according to "United Muppetiers" on Twitter, “Ronaldo is quite possibly set to be the club captain next year.” The renowned transfer source posted the new information via their discord server via one of their external sources.
The 37-year-old forward is praised by United fans to become the club captain instead of Maguire.