He let the team down: Ex-Man Utd manager Eric ten Hag on Ronaldo. Former Manchester United manager Eric ten Hag spoke about his time with Cristiano Ronaldo during the striker's second stint at the club. "Ronaldo let the team down, and he disappointed me because we had planned with him," he said. "He ran neither in possession nor out of possession. The reason was that he didn't prepare himself," Ten Hag added.