Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag had positive talks with Cristiano Ronaldo yesterday and it now appears that the situation has been resolved.
According to Fabrizio Romano in his exclusive CaughtOffside column, Ronaldo has apologized to Ten Hag and is now involved in the Man Utd first team again.
Romano adds that everyone at Old Trafford has been impressed with Ten Hag’s handling of this difficult situation, with action clearly needed against Ronaldo after he left the Tottenham game early.
Still, the Red Devils would also do well to bring Ronaldo back into the fold, as the Portuguese international is still a world-class player, while other attacking players like Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho aren’t really delivering at the moment.
Ten Hag needed to discipline Ronaldo, but surely it is also a good thing that the 37-year-old has been offered a path back to the team.
“We know how complicated things got for Cristiano Ronaldo last week. He left Old Trafford early in the game for Tottenham, so Erik ten Hag decided that he had to leave. He decided it together with the board and Ronaldo was left out of Ten Hag’s squad for the match against Chelsea”, explained Romano.
“Cristiano understood that it was not the best way to act. It is important to mention that now he is back in contention for the first team, we will see him have a chance again. He is 100% available. But what happened to his conversations with Ten Hag? They told me that they have been in constant and direct contact, and it was positive. Ronaldo was really sorry, but also Ten Hag understood that the player wanted to get more involved. They talked about it, had multiple conversations and decided to shake hands and now Ronaldo is back in the United first team.
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“Now we will see if Jorge Mendes will continue trying to find a club for Ronaldo in January, but we know that it will not be easy to achieve something so important in the middle of the season. United would also have to find a new striker and again it is not easy to find the best players in January.
“Overall, I was told that everyone at Manchester United thinks Ten Hag handled this incident very well, including the board.
It will be interesting to see if Ronaldo can win back Ten Hag’s favor and make an impact in United’s first team between now and January.
