Cristiano Ronaldo

The League Cup win over Burnley was United’s first since the departure of Ronaldo

And Gianni Infantino must have been reading some strange stuff before the World Cup

Manager won Euro 2016 with nation and had been head coach since 2014

Forward insists he would never turn his back on his country after reports he has been ready to quit

The superstar has become a liability to Portugal, but there are still two scenarios in which his country should call on him

Ramos scores hat-trick as he replaces Ronaldo in the line-up

Santos refused to guarantee that the 37-year-old would captain Portugal in Tuesday’s last-16 tie

Gestifute International pays dividend of €20m for second year in row

Suárez and Uruguay must now beat Ghana, the team of the handball incident in 2010, to stay alive

Ken Early: Neutrals are rooting for Argentina and it's not entirely due to the Messi factor

Game comes to life in the second half with five goals coming in the last 25 minutes

The first player to score in five World Cups was all the TV cameras wanted to know about in Qatar

Bizarre stats work against Costa Rica but in favour of Japan

‘Conversation hasn’t come up at any moment,’ says veteran coach Fernando Santos

Portuguese forward will miss first two matches if he joins another Premier League club

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Spanish manager Luis Enrique feeling family pressure to pick Ferran Torres

Portuguese star will not receive payoff despite having £13.5m left on his contract

Manchester United forward caused consternation with his comments in an interview with Piers Morgan

How will Portugal fare given recent controversy surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo?

Ronaldo’s contract is worth about £500,000 a-week and expires in July

Portugal forward hits out at Manchester United manager in second instalment of interview

The Portugal international also rounded on former team-mates Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville

Five possible options for the Manchester United attacker...

‘I feel betrayed, and I felt some people don’t want me here, not just this year, but last year too’

United manager highlights return of Donny van de Beek and his ability to get into scoring positions

The 37-year-old refused to come on as substitute against Tottenham

Portuguese star missed the league game away to Chelsea after early tunnel exit during Spurs game

Thibaut Courtois aggrieved by Ballon d’Or placing; Ronaldo not interested in management

Manchester United manager says striker remains important part of the squad

Portuguese striker said to have a fractious relationship with some of the manager’s coaching staff at Old Trafford

Fans watch a footballer who enjoys unadulterated hero status hurl it back in their faces

Portuguese star becomes the first player to score 700 goals at club level

Striker scored his first goal of the season for Manchester United against Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League

Jadon Sancho also on target as Erik ten Hag sends out strong starting XI in Chisinau

Erik ten Hag seems to signal that Ronaldo will still be at Old Trafford after the deadline

‘I have a notebook and in the last few months of the 100 news I made, only five were right’

Messi vs Ronaldo whataboutism; Martin Tyler apologises for Hillsborough comments

New Manchester United manager says Portuguese star is part of his planning for the season ahead

United confident of getting defender Lisandro Martínez from Ajax