Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has supported Erik ten Hag's decision to leave Cristiano Ronaldo out of his starting line-up for this afternoon's Premier League opener against Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Portugal captain, who wants to leave United this summer in pursuit of Champions League football, earned just 45 minutes worth of football during pre-season, starting last Sunday's 1-1 draw with Rayo Vallecano. He missed the pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia due to "family issues."
Despite that, there was a feeling that Ronaldo could have bagged himself a starting berth this afternoon because of an injury to Anthony Martial. The latter established himself as United's leading marksman during pre-season, scoring three times.
