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Cristiano Ronaldo is a long way behind the rest of the Manchester United squad in terms of fitness, Erik ten Hag said, with games needed to get the forward up to speed. Ronaldo and his agent Jorge Mendes held meetings with United at Carrington on Tuesday, but his position remains unchanged and he wants to play for a club in the Champions League and win major trophies. United do not want him to go, however. The Portugal international, who has a year left on his United deal, did not join the squad for their pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia and was not included in the squad for Saturday's 1-0 friendly defeat to Atletico Madrid in Oslo. He suggested on Instagram he would feature in United's final pre-season friendly match against Rayo at Old Trafford, saying: "Sunday, the King plays". "Tomorrow he will be in the squad," Ten Hag told Viaplay after his side's loss. "We'll see how long he can play," "I cannot tell in this...

Manchester City forward Jack Grealish has offered his support to a celebrity cleaning service for luxury trainers after a gang took £60,000 worth of footwear from them. According to Daily Star, the England international dubbed those responsible "low-life scum." They robbed more than 50 pairs of shoes, including £2,000 Diors and £2,500 Nikes. The report also claims that the thieves broke in through the roof and also stole Apple products. In response to The Sneaker Doc's Instagram post describing the criminal act, Jack Grealish commented on the post: "Low life scum man, stealing used trainers. You’ll be back bro." The company's founder, who also works with some of Grealish's former Aston Villa teammates such as Tyrone Mings, Matty Cash and Ollie Watkins, told The Sun: "I’ve worked hard to build up my business and look after players’ trainers from lots of Premier League clubs after word spread about our service. The raid was a shock but it’...