Knee injury on the mend, says manager Carlo Ancelotti Ronaldo may
feature against former club on Saturday Real Madrid's Cristiano
Ronaldo, centre, jokes with team-mates on the bench during Real's
friendly defeat to Roma.
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo is recovering well from his knee injury
and may return to action in Saturday's friendly against his former club
Manchester United in Detroit, according to the Spanish club's
manager, Carlo Ancelotti.
The Portugal captain and world player of the year has been hampered
by a left-knee problem in recent months and was clearly below his
best at the World Cup in Brazil, where the Portuguese failed to
progress beyond the group stage .
"He [Ronaldo] did two sessions today and he is working well on his
own," Ancelotti said at a news conference on Tuesday after Real were
beaten 1-0 by Roma in a friendly at the International Champions Cup
in Dallas. "Let's see if in the next few days he can train with the team
and can play against Manchester," added the Italian. "We have to be
careful, right now we have to be calm."
Ancelotti will be hoping Ronaldo regains full fitness in time for the
European champions' first competitive fixture of the 2014-15 season,
the European Super Cup game against their La Liga rivals and Europa
League winners Sevilla in Cardiff on 12 August.
Real have strengthened their squad with the purchase of the Colombia
playmaker James Rodríguez and Germany's World Cup-winning
midfielder Toni Kroos , and Ancelotti said there might be more
movement before the transfer window closes at the end of August.
Media reports in Spain have said Real are looking to sign the Costa Rica
goalkeeper Keylor Navas from Levante.
"We have to think about the players who are at Real Madrid at the
moment," Ancelotti said when asked about the transfer market. "The
market ends on August 31 and a lot of things could happen but we
have to focus on those [players] that we have."
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