CRISTIANO RONALDO is a major doubt for Manchester United’s away day at Fulham on Sunday with the wantaway star missing training.
The 37-year-old was absent for Man Utd’s 4-2 Carabao Cup win over Aston Villa during the week.
Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag confirmed Ronaldo’s absence was due to illness.
And as a result, he missed training again, meaning he could be ruled out for United’s final Premier League game before the World Cup.
Ten Hag’s men will travel to Craven Cottage to play league high flyers Fulham and Anthony Martial could be the man to lead the line.
Ten Hag told club media: “I can’t guarantee that [Cristiano will be available] now, but today he was ill.
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“He can recover from that, it’s not really a serious illness that takes days or weeks, so I think it’s possible that he is available for Sunday and he will be in the squad.”
Ten Hag then added: “In one hour we have training, so we will do normal stuff but we have to see.
“I think no big issues from yesterday’s game, but we have to see how players recover from illness, like Cristiano, [and] from injury, like Antony.
“Yesterday, Anthony Martial plays his first minutes from the start after Everton, so we have to see how he recovers.
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“So we have some issues and some questions [to see] how we line up and what plan we take.”
Ronaldo sitting out the Red Devils’ final fixture before the winter tournament is a major boost for Portugal as it’ll rule out their star man suffering a potential late injury.
The Qatar World Cup is expected to be Ronaldo’s last, and it’s the one trophy that has managed to escape him.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
