Erik ten Hag held his first press conference of the pre-season as Manchester United manager. And, as anticipated, the Dutch teach become asked via the click about the continuity of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Although the Portuguese celebrity has one greater 12 months left on his agreement with the English club, he has been the talk of leaving Old Trafford this summer season. But Ten Hag has made it clean that the Portuguese striker will stay at United for another season.
"Cristiano Ronaldo is not on the market. He is not with us due to private troubles, however he's in our plans. We are planning the season with Cristiano Ronaldo, that's all," the Dutch supervisor said after the previous Juventus guy sat out United's pre-season schooling camp because of a "own family difficulty", the club stated in an reliable declaration.
He added: "I am looking forward to running with Cristiano. I spoke to him before this got here up and it became a superb communication. He failed to tell me that he desired to go away.... We need to gain success together.
In the ultimate hours, one of the teams that appeared to be the most in all likelihood to sign the previous Real Madrid player, Chelsea, has been omitted of the possible fight for his signature. According to 'Sky Sports', Thomas Tuchel himself requested the London membership's control to rule out the choice of signing the Portugal captain.