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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Josh O'Brien

Cristiano Ronaldo's face is a picture as he sits on the bench in front of Erik ten Hag

Cristiano Ronaldo was left out of Erik ten Hag's first Premier League starting eleven as manager of Manchester United and he was not best pleased.

The 37-year-old has been linked with an exit all summer after making it clear to the Red Devils hierarchy he wants to join a club that is more suited to his lofty ambitions. To make matters worse, Ronaldo returned back to the club for pre-season later than expected and as a result has only played 45 minutes of football before the season's start.

That came against Rayo Vallecano last weekend, though even that game was not without some Ronaldo controversy after he left for home long before the full-time whistle. As a result, he was not selected to start against Brighton for the opening game of the league season.

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