Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was eager for Cristiano Ronaldo to apologize for leaving the Tottenham game before welcoming him back.
Ronaldo is now back in Man Utd training after being forced to train on his own since the Spurs incident, so it appears the Portuguese international complied with his manager’s demand to apologize before being given the green light to return. .
Red Devils fans will surely hope this issue is resolved, as Ronaldo remains a club legend and potentially useful goalscorer, even if he approaches 38 years old.
See below for tweets from Chris Wheeler and Rob Dawson, who make it sound like Ten Hag was happy with his chat with Ronaldo today…
Ronaldo’s return follows talks with manager Erik ten Hag at Carrington this morning. Ten Hag was eager to be Ronaldo again but he first wanted to hear that he was really sorry about refusing to continue as a substitute against Spurs last week and then leaving OT before full time #mufc
— Chris Wheeler (@ChrisWheelerDM) October 25, 2022
Ten Hag and Ronaldo in “constant dialogue” since the decision was made to leave him for Chelsea. The players were given a day off yesterday but returned today. Ronaldo involved in training and in the race to play FC Sheriff. Ten Hag’s happy problem has been solved and he is eager to move on.
— Rob Dawson (@RobDawsonESPN) October 25, 2022
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Ten Hag has taken on a difficult job at United, where many other senior managers have struggled in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, but the Dutch strategist appears to have dealt well with this tricky situation.
The Manchester Evening News previously reported that the MUFC playing team were impressed with Ten Hag’s methods of handling Ronaldo.