This is not Cristiano Ronaldo of 19 years ago and he is setting a bad example, asserts Paul Ince

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has made a significant impact at United in the first half of the season as he scored 14 goals and registered three assists in 27 appearances across all competitions. The mercurial Portuguese has been unable to arrest the English club’s slump this campaign as they continue to navigate their way through a tumultuous season.

The 37-year-old is enduring a poor spell in front of goal and has now suffered his longest barren run for over a decade. A failure to find the net against Southampton during the weekend took him to six games without a goal.

"This is not the Ronaldo of 19 years ago when he was first at Old Trafford - this is a 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo. When people say he’ll be great for the club and the youngsters, you’d have thought that would be the case. But he’s walking off down the tunnel and throwing his toys out the pram. For me that’s a bad example. This is someone at the end of his career and if he can’t start against Burnley who are bottom of the table there’s something seriously wrong. It should be about the team, but it’s now become all about Ronaldo," Ince told Genting Casino.