Cristiano Ronaldo without a team and nursing the wounds of Portugal’s shock World Cup exit, has been training at Real Madrid while staying in the Spanish capital, the club said.yesterday.
The 37-year-old Ronaldo, who is a free agent after leaving Manchester United, spent nine years at Real where he still enjoys a close relationship with club president Florentino Perez.
The Portuguese forward was accompanied by his eldest son and the pair worked out alone at the Valdebebas training ground.
Ronaldo was last in competitive action on Saturday as a substitute in Portugal’s 1-0 defeat to Morocco in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
Meanwhile, Manager Erik ten Hag said the Glazer family’s decision to explore a sale of Manchester United could be a good thing and that he has been reassured any change in ownership would not impact the “objectives, goals and culture” of the club.
United’s U.S. owners last month began looking at options for the 20-times English champions, including new investment or a potential sale, 17 years after buying the club.
The club’s fans have been clamouring for a change of ownership and the Glazers have been the target of intense criticism as the team, which has a record 13 Premier League titles, have gone five years without winning a trophy.
Ten Hag said he had not spoken with the owners but had instead discussed the plans with United CEO Richard Arnold.
“My information is that it will only be good things because there will be more investment possible, which is good,” Ten Hag told reporters at United’s training camp in Spain.
“We spoke about the culture we want, we spoke about objectives, goals and the culture and he (Arnold) confirmed it won’t change, it will be even better because more money will become available for this project.”
