Good morning, United fans
The club have confirmed that Ronaldo will NOT be part of Manchester United’s pre-season tour.
A United spokesperson said: “Cristiano Ronaldo will not be part of the Manchester United party scheduled to depart for our pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia on Friday.
“He has been granted additional time off to deal with a family issue.
“Cristiano remains under contract with Manchester United for another season and he is not for sale.”
Man Utd fly tomorrow to Bangkok where they will face Liverpool on Tuesday.
But the 37-year-old won’t be travelling.
Chelsea are lining up a transfer bid for Ronaldo. reports claim.
Thomas Tuchel’s side will present United with a £14m bid for the 37-year-old.
Man United are set to offload flop Andreas Pereira once and for all.
Pereira’s been on loan at Flamengo, and it was thought he was going to stay there permanently until the deal fell through.
But now Fulham have capitalised on the fumbled transfer and brought him back to the Premier League, according to 90min.