{"id":22653,"date":"2022-07-04T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/04\/why-cristiano-ronaldo-missed-manchester-uniteds-first-day-back-at-training\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T06:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T10:00:55","slug":"why-cristiano-ronaldo-missed-manchester-uniteds-first-day-back-at-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/04\/why-cristiano-ronaldo-missed-manchester-uniteds-first-day-back-at-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cristiano Ronaldo missed Manchester United\u2019s first day back at training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has not reported back for the first day of Manchester United pre-season training due to family issues rather than an attempt to force a move, Manchester United sources explained, with the Portuguese star unhappy at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo was due to return to training today along with his fellow teammates that had played international football over the summer, with that group having been given an extra week off due to their exertions for the national team. However, he did not report to Carrington training ground on Monday morning, amid speculation that he wants to leave the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, spokespeople for the club have now explained why. As per their line, Ronaldo has missed the first day \u2018due to family reasons and the club has accepted this explanation\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mufc<\/a> say Cristiano Ronaldo is not expected back today \u2018due to family reasons and the club has accepted this explanation\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samuelluckhurst\/status\/1543865130601046016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3398573\/2022\/07\/04\/cristiano-ronaldo-manchester-united-future\/?source=twitteruk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a> claim that the speculation has left \u2018many at the club \u2014 including new manager Erik ten Hag and senior United officials\u2026 unsure as to whether the Portugal captain would turn up\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>They add that the club remain unsure as to whether he will report back at at all this week, and if so, when, while going on tour with Erik ten Hag\u2019s side from Friday, July 8th is considered a requirement.<\/p>\n<h2>Why does Ronaldo want to leave?<\/h2>\n<p>Only Ronaldo himself will know the real reason that he wants to leave Old Trafford, but there are plenty of reasons why he could desire a change of scenery.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United find themselves without Champions League football, for what would be the first time in the striker\u2019s career in professional football. For a man chasing records, that could be a massive issue.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1729208\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1729208\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1729208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchester-united-v-brentford-premier-league-1653296959.jpg\" alt=\"Why Cristiano Ronaldo missed Manchester United\u2019s first day back at training\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchester-united-v-brentford-premier-league-1653296959.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchester-united-v-brentford-premier-league-1653296959-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchester-united-v-brentford-premier-league-1653296959-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchester-united-v-brentford-premier-league-1653296959-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchester-united-v-brentford-premier-league-1653296959-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1729208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristiano Ronaldo could well have pulled on a Manchester United shirt for the last time. (Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, there are concerns that he is unhappy with the Red Devils\u2019 transfer window movement to date, with no signing having been made over a month into proceedings, though Feyenoord defender Tyrell Malacia is expected to join imminently.<\/p>\n<p>It also remains to be seen what the club deem a \u2018fair\u2019 offer for the striker, while selling him to another club in the Premier League (Chelsea have been mentioned in talks) would seem suicidal.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it is a major problem for new boss Erik ten Hag just weeks into his managerial stint at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/official-arsenal-announce-signing-of-gabriel-jesus\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Official: Arsenal announce signing of Gabriel Jesus<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/cristiano-ronaldos-bayern-munich-links-shut-down\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Bayern Munich links shut down<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has not reported back for the first day of Manchester United pre-season training due to family issues rather than an attempt to force a move, Manchester United sources explained, with the Portuguese star unhappy at the club. Ronaldo was due to return to training today along with his fellow teammates that had played [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-22653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}