Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival in Doha marks his fifth — and probably remaining — World Cup following the Portuguese captain’s public falling out with Manchester United final week.
Cristiano Ronaldo has participated in his first Qatar World Cup coaching session following a bout with gastroenteritis, as Portugal will get able to tackle Ghana of their debut match.
On Saturday, a day after touchdown within the host nation, Ronaldo resumed coaching with Portugal, marking the crew’s first collective coaching session since arriving in Doha.
Portugal, drawn into Group H, performs Ghana on Thursday; they play Uruguay on November 28 and South Korea on December 2.
Approaching his fifth World Cup look, this could possibly be Ronaldo’s final because the Portuguese captain has repeatedly hinted at retirement in recent times.
The Manchester United ahead’s arrival in Qatar comes as his membership profession additionally seems to be unsure. Final week, throughout a scathing interview with Piers Morgan, Ronaldo stated he felt “betrayed” by the Outdated Trafford Membership and added he had no respect for head coach Erik ten Hag.
“The homeowners of the membership, [the] Glazers… they don’t care — I imply professionally, sportingly,” Ronaldo stated within the interview. “They don’t care. I by no means spoke to them, by no means.”
Manchester United has in a roundabout way responded to the remarks however is rumoured to be exploring authorized choices, which might permit the membership to dispense of the star ahead prematurely.
“Manchester United has this morning initiated acceptable steps in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s current media interview,” the membership stated in a assertion on Friday.
They added: “We is not going to be making additional remark till this course of reaches its conclusion.”
Portugal’s midfielder Bernardo Silva, nevertheless, dismissed hypothesis that the ordeal had change into a distraction for the nationwide crew.
“The information that comes from England has nothing to do with the nationwide crew so I received’t say something,” Silva stated in a current interview.
Portugal’s greatest World Cup end got here in 1966 when the nationwide squad claimed third place in England. They haven't made it to the quarter-finals for the reason that 2006 World Cup in Germany once they captured fourth place.
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