The Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo , is experiencing his worst season ever in the last decade, in parallel with the disappointing results achieved by his team since the start of the current season 2021-2022.
The player, who has been named the best player in the world five times, appears very close to ending the current season without winning any titles.
And if it happens to you - and it is highly expected - Cristiano will come out of this season empty-handed from any tournament, for the first time in 12 years.
Ronaldo is without titles for the first time in 12 years
The last time Cristiano went without a single title, in the 2009-2010 season with Real Madrid, the same thing that had previously happened during the 2004-05 season with Manchester United in particular.
But the only highlight in Cristiano's current season is that he has become the most participating player in the Champions League, in addition to being the tournament's all-time top scorer with 140 goals.
The "Don" exceeded the number of Iker Casillas, his former teammate, Real Madrid, in the number of minutes in the history of the Champions League, reaching 15956 minutes, compared to 15908 minutes in the history of the competition.
The Portuguese star is the most participating in the number of matches with 182 matches, surpassing Casillas also, who appeared in 177 matches, with Real Madrid and Porto.
A disastrous season for Manchester United
In the same context, Manchester United is experiencing its worst season ever in 40 years, a season that the British press agreed to describe as "horrific".
Cristiano and Manchester United bid farewell to the Champions League, from the final price, after losing to Atletico Madrid 1-2, in the total of the two legs, the only title that the "Red Devils" could compete in, or go far at the latest.
And the British newspaper , The Sun , believes that Manchester United would not have won the title even if it had managed to bypass Atletico, due to the presence of rivals City and Liverpool, and clubs the size of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the tournament.
The suffering of the "Red Devils" began early in the league after a series of negative results, during which the team fell to fifth place in the table, behind Arsenal, the fourth with two points, who played 3 fewer games.
Manchester United is away from its arch-rival, City, who leads by 20 points, 9 rounds before the end of the league, which makes its victory in the title more like a "miracle".
United received their first shock this season, by eliminating them from the third round of the League Cup, on September 22, 2021, at the hands of West Ham United.
In almost the same way, the "Red Devils" bid farewell to the FA Cup from the fourth round, on February 4, 2022, against Middlesbrough on penalties.
Accordingly, Manchester United will end its fifth consecutive season without reviving its treasury with a single championship, since winning the European League title on May 24, 2017, at the expense of Ajax.