Cristiano Ronaldo volition miss Thursday's warm-up crippled against Nigeria due to the fact that helium has a tummy bug.
The Manchester United guardant sat retired Portugal's grooming league connected Wednesday, having trained the erstwhile 2 days with the nationalist team.
"Ronaldo has a gastritis and did not bid contiguous successful bid to retrieve and rest," Portugal manager Fernando Santos said. "It's a information that doesn't assistance much, arsenic it affects the players a lot, they suffer a batch of liquid, they weaken. He won't beryllium acceptable for tomorrow, for sure."
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Asked if the Portugal skipper truly had a tummy bug oregon if it was conscionable an excuse pursuing the uproar that Ronaldo's explosive interview had generated astir the world, Santos laughed and said: "If it were different player, we wouldn't question it but yes, helium truly has gastritis and is successful nary information to play."
In Sunday's interview, Ronaldo, 37, criticised United and said helium has nary respect for manager Erik 10 Hag, leaving his aboriginal astatine Old Trafford uncertain.
He joined the nationalist squad connected Monday to hole for his 5th World Cup.
Santos said helium respects Ronaldo's determination and doesn't judge it volition impact his nationalist team.
"He [Ronaldo] didn't person to pass america astir the interview," Santos said. "Isn't helium escaped [to marque his decisions]?
"What I'm funny is what is being spoken successful our campy and not what is being said outside. We person to respect his decision.
"We person to respect the interrogation helium gave. It has thing to bash with the nationalist team.
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"It was the player, the man, who decided to springiness an interview. He doesn't speech astir the nationalist team; it's a precise idiosyncratic interrogation and we person to respect that. I didn't spot anyone successful the nationalist squad commenting connected the matter.
"In the interview, helium talks astir his nine and the narration helium has with the club. We person to respect it, arsenic we respect the decisions that different players make. It has nary interaction connected the nationalist team."
Ronaldo, who is the all-time men's planetary goalscorer with 117 goals, is successful the midst of his astir hard campaign.
He has scored conscionable 3 goals successful 16 games crossed each competitions and started successful conscionable 4 Premier League games.
Asked if helium feels obliged to commencement Ronaldo, Santos said: "I don't consciousness immoderate obligations. No 1 does. All the players that are present tin beryllium starters."
Ten Hag has told Manchester United bosses that Ronaldo should not play for the nine again, sources person told ESPN.
United connected Wednesday reportedly took down a elephantine mural containing Ronaldo's representation astatine Old Trafford.
The representation successful question forms a ample portion of the exterior of the stadium.
The five-time Ballon d'Or victor is nether declaration with United until June 2023 and has enactment to widen it for a further year.
The erstwhile Real Madrid and Juventus prima requested to permission United successful the summertime successful the anticipation of playing Champions League shot but determination were nary suitors.
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