Cristiano Ronaldo remains outside of the Manchester United squad that will face Atlético Madrid on Saturday in the Norwegian capital Oslo, indicating that the Portuguese is pushing to leave United.
The world’s best player has missed the United’s training round five times in Thailand and Australia for “family” reasons, and he will not be part of new Dutch manager Erik Ten Hag’s squad for Saturday’s match against Atlético, who was named as one of the clubs interested in the Portuguese before his boss denied it.
United have posted a 21-player squad for the Atlético game, which includes newcomers Argentine Lisandro Martinez and Dane Christian Eriksen, but without Ronaldo, who returned to the club’s training headquarters on Tuesday to negotiate with Ten Hag about his future with Atlético. Red Devil”.
Ronaldo wants to leave the club he returned to last year after failing to qualify for the Champions League.
The former Real Madrid and Italian Juventus star ended last season with Manchester United’s top goal with 24 goals, but his side finished a disappointing sixth in the league, excluding him from the Champions League.
United kick off their Premier League campaign on 7 August against their guest Brighton, after the end of their preliminaries against Atlético in Norway and the latter’s national Rayo Vallecano at Old Trafford.
Source: AFP.