It's great to see Ronaldo's career come to an end like this. 
It certainly is, and even more enjoyable considering the hysteria when he joined. The narrative of 'aging ex-player returns to save club' was lapped up by the media and their fans, who bought Ronaldo shirts and followed his Instagram in their millions - oblivious to the fact that was actually the primary reason the club bought him. His personal tally of 18 goals is a smokescreen that hides a poorer (and slower) team setup, a toxic dressing room, 16 less points than 2020/21, 29 less league goals last season, and finishing 4 places lower in the table since they signed him.
They even have that hilarious 'Last Dance' documentary and line of clothing (blatantly plagiarising Netflix), as if Ronaldo is somehow comparable to Michael Jordan (he isn't), and would return to win the title for them (he hasn't, and he won't).
Ronaldo's return has been a microcosm of Utds problems - living in the past, delusions of grandeur, playing to the fans and social media clamour (instead of thinking of the team/brand of football), buying players that are a poor fit and not good for the dressing room (hello Paul Pogba...), and paying astronomical wages well above market rates.
If someone was to write a book on how not to run a football club, they could just document Utd since 2013 as they've pretty much screwed up everything it's possible to screw up - despite having our post-dominance slump as a reference point, and seeing Klopp build a style and brand of football (with the right players) since 2015. They've had plenty of opportunity (and money) to turn the ship around, but seem to exist in a vacuum, deluded by the United Way
TM whilst Fergie watches over like the Ghost of Glories past.
Every year they've suffered helps banish some of those painful memories of their dominance, whilst we overtake their trophy total and retake our perch. The best thing is that we're about 10 years ahead of them in infrastructure, recruitment, analytics, and financial prudence, and have laid foundations that I think makes us less reliant on Jurgen than they were with Ferguson - our success under many different managers also suggests we're a club far more suited to building successive dynasties. Enjoying our success and their demise simultaneously makes it all the more satisfying.
