Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the Manchester United training ground on Tuesday morning with his agent Jorge Mendes, but his future at Old Trafford is still ambiguous.
Ronaldo has not yet participated in Manchester training, missed the team's tour of Thailand and Australia, and was reported to have recently held talks with new coach Eric Ten Hag.
Manchester did not reveal any developments regarding Ronaldo's current situation in the club after he came to the team's stadium with Mendes, who was photographed riding in Ronaldo's car next to him.
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What are the reasons for his desire to leave?
Why did the clubs reject him?
Moroccan coach Youssef El Dahabi, a friend of one of Ronaldo's close friends, told Al Jazeera Net that the Portuguese star does not want to continue with Manchester United because the team did not qualify for the European Champions League, as he feels that the European League championship is not worthy of his football position as the best player in the world 5 times and top scorer the scientist.
Al-Dahabi added that Ronaldo's failure to join any of the teams that will participate in the Champions League next season is due to his huge salary, which will not be less than 30 million euros annually, as he was paid in Juventus, Italy.
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Al-Dahabi explained that Ronaldo has two options, the first is to give up a large part of his annual salary to join a team that plays in the Champions League, or to continue with Manchester United, a choice that he will have to do in the end so as not to insult his great history.
He pointed out that Ronaldo's personality is characterized by insistence on achieving his goals, as he trains well and maintains his general health, but this goal may disappoint him due to the previous considerations, to which he refuses to sit back up and constitutes a dominance in any team he plays in, and these are red lines for most coaches in particular. adults of them.
Cristiano Ronaldo arriving at Carrington with his agent, Jorge Mendes.
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Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester legend coach, was present at the training ground earlier on Tuesday, knowing that he played a pivotal role in Ronaldo's return to Old Trafford last year.
The English Premier League season begins in less than two weeks, and Manchester begins its journey with its guest, Brighton, on the seventh of next August.