Man United news: Mills swipes at Cristiano Ronaldo as images emerge in last 48 hours – ‘It’s not a good look’
Cristiano Ronaldo’s swift return to availability for Man United is “not a good look”, according to Danny Mills.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Man City and England full-back questioned Ronaldo’s decision to fly to Portugal after suffering a hip flexor injury.
Man United shared images on Twitter on Wednesday (9 March) of the striker, 37, working in training to get back to full fitness.
Ralf Rangnick confirmed today (11 March), via club media, that he will be back available for the visit of Tottenham tomorrow (12 March).
“It’s not a great look when you get injured on the Friday and then you immediately fly to Portugal then suddenly you’re fit the following Wednesday,” Mills told Football Insider correspondent Connor Whitley.
“At Man City, you know you are going to be starved of the ball but he’s a big-game player. Would he have not wanted to play in the game? Did he see the writing on the wall? I don’t know.
“It’s not a good look to get an injury and go straight to Portugal. What’s wrong with the medical staff at United? Why couldn’t they have dealt with it?
“The injury could not have been that serious because he’s fit the following Thursday.
“You get it when players have long-term injuries and you can’t find out what’s wrong and it’s reoccurring, yes, you do go abroad and find a different perspective and different opinion. Or, maybe, you go back and find someone you trust.
“That can’t have been that much of an injury if it ruled him out for four or five days.
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