Coach Eric ten Haag expects brilliant striker Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at Manchester United.
The Portugal forward has been linked with a move to the Champions League club ahead of Thursday’s transfer deadline and was again left out of Ten Haag’s starting line-up for Saturday’s 1-0 win over Southampton.
Ten Haag reiterated his position when asked whether he would be satisfied if United should not include his forward this week, saying: “We have Cristiano Ronaldo, we have Anthony Martial, we have Marcus Rashford So we’re fine.”
Ronaldo, who came in for Jadon Sancho, was one of three substitutes for Ten Hague made at St Mary’s, along with new signings Anthony Elanga for Casemiro in the 80th minute and Fred for Christian Eriksen in second-half stoppage time. swapped out.
Casemiro completed his transfer from Real Madrid on Monday and his new boss is pleased to have him included.
“I think it was great for him to see a different style of what the Premier League is (like),” said Ten Haag.
“He’s played a few games, he’s played 90 minutes once, but he’s fit, he’s had a good pre-season with a lot of training sessions and now we have to kind of integrate him into a team, and that Integrate with your peers.”
The win was the second in a row for United, having started the Ten Hague era by losing their first two Premier League games. But the former Ajax manager was pleased with his side’s work rate on the south coast.
“I know that here in the Premier League, there are the best coaches and the best players and the highest intensity, and always in a different way.
“So it’s quite interesting, and you have to adapt to it and find some ways to win games, and that’s what we did today. When[the season]started, that was the problem, especially the second game (4-0 at Brentford) Defeat).
“When you don’t give everything, when you don’t have the attitude to 100 percent, when you don’t have the right team spirit, you don’t have to talk about philosophy or game plans or whatever. First, there has to be a team, and there has to be a spirit, and you have to be 100 percent committed.”