FOOTBALL: Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Manchester United training after meeting Erik Ten Hag

Cris­tiano Ronal­do returned to train­ing at Man­ches­ter Unit­ed today fol­low­ing a meet­ing with Erik Ten Hag.

The Por­tuguese star was left out of the Red Dev­ils squad for Sat­ur­day night’s 1–1 draw with Chelsea.

The deci­sion comes after the 37-year-old refused to sit on the bench against Tot­ten­ham last week.

And he ran through the tun­nel before the end of the 2–0 win.

Ten Hag forced Ronal­do to self-train and banned him from play­ing at Stam­ford Bridge.

He was also fined about two weeks’ wages and up to €830,000 for undis­ci­plined behav­ior in public.

He arrived at Unit­ed’s Car­ring­ton train­ing ground on Tues­day morn­ing to face the man­ag­er and his team­mates after the entire squad had rest­ed Monday.

Ronal­do arrived just before 10am in a Cadil­lac Escalade, a 37th birth­day present worth €173,000 from his girl­friend Georgina Rodriguez.

He was the only one in the car with sun­glass­es on, but as usu­al he was accom­pa­nied by a secu­ri­ty guard in a Range Rover.

Along with Har­ry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bis­sa­ka and Don­ny Van­de­beek, he was pic­tured as part of the first team ahead of Thurs­day’s Europa League clash with Sher­iff Tiraspol.

Sun­Sport says he could be side­lined for the Sher­iff fight if he does­n’t repent of his actions, but his par­tic­i­pa­tion in the ses­sion is a good sign and he’s fit enough to par­tic­i­pate. It is said.

Accord­ing to reports, Ronal­do and Ten­hag have been in con­stant dia­logue over the past few days.

Ten Hag is said to believe that since Ronal­do has been pun­ished, he hopes the whole group will go in the same direction.

Ten Hag said it was “bad behav­ior” and stressed that despite Ronal­do’s achieve­ments he could not get any spe­cial treatment.

“He’s done a lot in his career,” he said last week.

“But he must be aware that he will be judged by the moment and by his per­for­mance today. At the top lev­el of sport, today is what counts, not age or reputation.

“In elite sports, you are judged by your per­for­mance in the moment.

Every­one should be aware of that, not just “Cris­tiano”.

“We have to be con­scious as a team, as a man­ag­er, as a club.”

Sun­Sport have revealed that Ronal­do is open to a move to Napoli in Jan­u­ary if the sit­u­a­tion at Unit­ed is not resolved.

A source said: “Chelsea were inter­est­ed in Ronal­do over the sum­mer, but he’s no longer on their radar.”

Italy is now the most like­ly. “Napoli were inter­est­ed in Ronal­do in the sum­mer and are still interested.

I’m sure his arrival will be a big help for them as they aim to stay at the top of Serie A and make progress in the Cham­pi­ons League. ”