Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Man Utd training after serving Erik ten Hag punishment | Football | Sport

And it’ll be interesting to see if Ronaldo starts, with Ten Hag set to talk about his No 7 at a press conference on Wednesday.

The Dutchman is keen to move on from the whole affair and believes it’s now the right time to welcome the United veteran back into the squad.

Speaking after Ronaldo’s strop against Tottenham, meanwhile, Rio Ferdinand expressed a belief there was more going on than meets the eye.

“My only thought could be is that Cristiano Ronaldo is being saved for the weekend against Chelsea,” he said a few days ago, at the time of the incident.

“That’s the only way that I see it, logically, that he did not play [last night]. I think Ronaldo will be absolutely fuming with that, naturally.

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