Ronaldo, Varane, Cavani y Shaw they were not among the 21 players present at the Lowry Hotel, where the team met for the game of the Premier League against City In various foreign media, including the prestigious ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, this fact can indicate that the Portuguese star misses the appointment before those of Pep Guardiola.
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According to the British media ‘Manchester Evening News’at the meeting of the Red Devils missing Cristiano Ronaldowho is not among the 21 players present at the Lowry hotel, United’s headquarters ahead of the match for the super championship with Guardiola’s team.
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In addition to CR7, Edinson Cavani, Raphael Varane and Luke Shaw are missing. None of the four has particular physical problems: the Uruguayan is coming off a groin problem, but coach Ralf Rangnick had considered him recoverable for the Etihad race, scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
internal stresses
Now it remains to be seen if the absence of Ronaldo and the other big names automatically corresponds to their exclusion from the derby, or if they have been exempted from the meeting with the permission of the club. Certainly, the relations between Rangnick and the Portuguese are not extraordinary and in recent weeks rumors of repeated disagreements in the United dressing room have already leaked.
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The Red Devils are currently fourth in the standings and far behind leader City (-19 after 27 games). The objective of the season -in addition to the Champions League (where the second leg of the round of 16 remains to be played after the positive result of the first leg at the Wanda- is to finish among the top four positions. It seems that in that race to ‘save the furniture ‘ In this end of the campaign, CR7 will not be a key player.
