Christiano Ronaldo
By: Geoffrey Ndambuki
Manchester United’s boss Eric Ten Hag confirmed that the Portuguese Forward Christiano Ronaldo and the 5- time Balloon d’Or Winner will be in the Manchester United’s squad that will face the Moldovan side team Sheriff Tiraspol in the Thursday’s Europa league clash.
The 37 year old striker was left in the Saturday’s squad that drew 1:1 with Chelsea in the Stamford Bridge stadium. This was after he misbehaved in the previous game clash against Tottenham Hotspurs at Old Trafford where he refused to be subbed and was spotted walking down the tunnel to the dressing room.
Sporting Lisbon boss Reuben Amoram said that he simply cannot afford to bring Christiano Ronaldo back to the club.He quoted ” Everyone in Sporting dreams of the return of Christiano Ronaldo.So i don’t want to speak about that.He is a top player and he will have to be for a few months”
Speaking at his pre- match press conference, the United boss Eric Ten Hag said that Christiano Ronaldo will be in the United’s Squad on Thursday that will face the Moldovan side team Sheriff Tiraspol. Chistiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire where spotted on Training with the other players at Carrington Training ground on Wednesday ahead of their Europa league match against Sheriff Tiraspol.
Harry Maguire will have to replace the French defender Rafael Varane who suffered a knee injury in their clash against Chelsea. He stretched awkwardly while attempting to challenge the Gabon forward Pierre – Emerick Aubameyang. He isn’t expected to be back until World Cup. The return of Christiano Ronaldo, Defender and Captain Harry Maguire, Midfielder Donny Van den Beek and right back Aaron Wan- Bissaka in the United’s Squad is a much to the team while awaiting to take on Sheriff Tiraspol.