Erik ten Hag insists Cristiano Ronaldo is fit to start for Manchester United as he considers naming the Portugal star in his line-up to face Real Sociedad in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Ronaldo has started just one of United's six Premier League games this season - the disastrous 4-0 defeat at Brentford - with Ten Hag bringing him off the bench in the other five matches.
The United boss has pointed to the fact that Ronaldo did not have a pre-season after missing the club's tour of Thailand and Australia for family reasons which coincided with his agent Jorge Mendes trying to engineer a move away from Old Trafford just 12 months after the 37-year-old rejoined his old club.