The October incident
ITV's October 20, 2022 report describes Cristiano Ronaldo leaving before the end of Manchester United's 2–0 win over Tottenham the previous evening. He had been an unused substitute. The report recorded United's confirmation that he would not be part of the squad for the subsequent Chelsea match. That is different from being substituted out after playing.
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An unused substitute is a player who has not entered the game; a substituted player has played and been replaced. Confusing those roles changes the basic account of the incident. The club's squad decision also should not be treated as the date his employment ended. United's later November departure statement and the December Al Nassr announcement were separate developments.
The linked articles set out that wider sequence using dated club and football-authority sources. Together they let a reader follow the 2021 United return, the October 2022 selection dispute and the later move without treating every headline as one transaction. This account does not speculate about private dressing-room conversations or motives.
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