As Manchester United prepares for their first Premier League match of the season, Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly wants to leave Old Trafford to play in the Champions League.
On Sunday in the late afternoon, Manchester United will host Graham Potter's Brighton at Old Trafford to open their Premier League season.
New hires have been confirmed by Erik ten Hag. While Luke Shaw is back in shape, Christian Eriksen, Lisandro Martinez, and Tyrell Malacia are all contenders for the starting position against the Seagulls. Due to a slight injury sustained during preseason, Anthony Martial will miss the match.
Yet there's one question that's on everyone's lips - will Cristiano Ronaldoplay against Brighton? The Portuguese superstar has sent a message to Ten Hag... and it's included in our United round-up. Here are the latest headlines from Old Trafford.
Ronaldo "ready" to play
Ronaldo has piled the pressure on Ten Hag to start him against Brighton. The forward hasn't featured much recently after missing the tour of Thailand and Australia due to 'family reasons' - playing just 45 minutes of United's pre-season schedule as a result.
With that limited game-time, Ronaldo is thought to be behind his team-mates in terms of fitness levels. He was hauled off at half-time in a friendly against Rayo Vallecano as Ten Hag looked to protect him in his first outing under the Dutchman.
But with Martial now injured, the United boss has been left with a major decision to make. And Ronaldo is attempting to force his hand with his actions on social media, as he uploaded a post on his Instagram story on Saturday evening.
The attacker posted a picture of himself from the draw with Vallecano, with the back of his shirt towards the camera. He added the word "Ready" down the left-hand side, as well as the praying emoji and the biceps flexing emoji.
Teenagers involved?
Zidane Iqbal and Alejandro Garnacho could play on Sunday after missing U21 duty.
Iqbal, 19, and Garnacho, 18, were left out of United's U21 game against Arsenal on Saturday, which finished 3-1 to the Gunners. Charlie Wellens - the son of United academy graduate and EFL legend Richie - opened the scoring before goals from Khayon Edwards, Miguel Azeez and new signing Marquinhos secured the points for the hosts.
"We want to give the young players who deserve a chance the opportunity to play," said Ten Hag earlier this month. "He [Garnacho] showed himself during pre-season and that's why he played. He played pretty well and his performance was really good."
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