'But my personal view is that United aren’t ready to challenge for the title now, so the aim has to be to build a team that can win the league in the next three to four years, and you have to plan for that.'
– who has played in the majority United’s pre-season sides – means a start for Ronaldo is much more likely but Ten Hag was coy on the issue in his pre-match press conference.“I told you before, we plan with the season . We have a top striker and I’m really happy he’s here, he’s in the squad and we stick to that plan.”
It looks like Ronaldo will be staying for the time being with Man Utd thin at the top end of the pitch but Rooney thinks they should sell him before the end of the window. “But my personal view is that United aren’t ready to challenge for the title now, so the aim has to be to build a team that can win the league in the next three to four years, and you have to plan for that.
On the mood at Man Utd, Rooney added: “I was at Carrington at the start of United’s pre-season, speaking to a few of the players and Steve McClaren.
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