Piers Morgan has revealed to talkSPORT that his explosive interview with Cristiano Ronaldo was the Manchester United star's idea.
Ronaldo has stunned United and supporters by giving a no holds barred sit-down with friend Morgan on TalkTV, where he hits out at the club hierarchy and manager Erik ten Hag.
Ronaldo's Manchester United career may be over after his interview with Talk TV host Morgan
Ronaldo has hit out at Ten Hag and claimed the manager 'doesn't respect' him
The Portuguese superstar has fallen out with the new boss more than once this season, and has now claimed he feels 'disrespected' and 'betrayed' by Ten Hag and the club.
While the full interview will be aired on talkTV later this week, the teaser segments have already become global news.
It's assumed it means Ronaldo's Man United career is over, with the forward now away with Portugal for the World Cup and unlikely to return after hitting out at the leading figures within Old Trafford.
Morgan joined Monday's talkSPORT Breakfast to explain how the interview came about.
And it appears the whole thing was Ronaldo's idea.
"Well, Cristiano asked me to do it - simple as that," said the Talk TV host.
Morgan says Ronaldo approached him to do the interview, not the other way around
Morgan is a staunch defender of Ronaldo and the pair are close friends
"I didn't ask him, he asked me.
"It was all very recent. He's been thinking about this for a while. I think it's no secret that he's felt a build-up of deep frustration about what's been happening at United over the last year.
"He felt it was time to speak out.
"He knows it was going to be incendiary, he knows this is going to rattle some cages, but he also feels that he should be doing this.
"He knows people will criticise him, but he also knows that what he's saying is true.
"Sometimes the truth hurts."
On the motives behind the interview, Morgan added: "I think part of the timing was the World Cup is obviously about to start, he's with Portugal, a good team, he can have a good World Cup. It gives him a month away from United.
"It gives time for what he said to settle in and he can come back and try and resolve things. As he makes the point in the interview repeatedly - he loves Manchester United, he loves the fans.
"But what he's come back to, in his view, is a stagnated club which hasn't moved on at all from where he left it.
"He can't understand why not. He feels if he doesn't speak out, nothing will change."
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