Cristiano Ronaldo has been pictured back in Manchester United training after being dropped for the Chelsea game.
Erik ten Hag dropped the 37-year-old for the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening after Ronaldo headed down the tunnel and left Old Trafford before his team completed their 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.
The former Ajax manager dropped the five-time Ballon d’Or winner for the trip to west London and Ronaldo’s reintegration into the United side was dependent on how talks went with United’s number seven and the Dutchman.
Judging by Ronaldo’s appearance in first team training at Carrington alongside his teammates, Ten Hag must have been happy with how the conversation between the two played out.
According to ESPN reporter Rob Dawson, Ten Hag and Ronaldo have been in “constant dialogue” since the decision was made to drop him for Chelsea.
The former Juventus man is now in contention to feature in Thursday’s Europa League Group E clash against Sheriff Tiraspol at the Theatre of Dreams.
Cristiano Ronaldo pictured back in Manchester United training
As well as Portugal’s captain returning to the first team fold, Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Donny van de Beek were also all pictured taking part in the session ahead of the game against the Moldovan league leaders.
Wan-Bissaka and Van de Beek haven’t featured since coming off the bench against Liverpool at the end of August.
Whereas United’s captain hasn’t played since picking up a thigh injury for England against Germany in last month’s UEFA Nations League games.
With Raphael Varane picking up a knee injury which means he looks set not to feature for United again before the World Cup, Maguire will be challenging Victor Lindelof to play alongside Argentine Lisandro Martinez in the heart of United’s defence.
Ronaldo scored his first goal of the season from the penalty spot in United’s 2-0 win against Sheriff in Chisinau last month.
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