Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo took the lead in returning to Manchester United to train after the winter break in Dubai. Britain's "Manchester Evening News" revealed that C Luo only flew back to England on Saturday and went to the Carrington training ground the next day for restorative exercises.
Since there is no national team match in the European zone, 36-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo took the opportunity to take a warm vacation to the Middle East with his girlfriend and children.
While in Dubai, Ronaldo and Manchester United team-mates Diogu Dalo, Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Pogba practiced at the local state-of-the-art training centre. When Jose Mourinho took charge in January 2018 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took charge in 2019, United spent winter training there.
In addition to Cristiano Ronaldo, Lindelof, who was absent from United's battle against West Ham because he was with his wife and children, was also filmed driving to Carrington on Sunday.
The rest of United's players resumed training on Monday, including lingard, Dean Henderson and Phil Jones, who lost transfers. Players such as Bruno Fernandez, McTomine, Nemanja Matic and Mata have also returned to the club like manager Ronnick.
But Brazilian internationals Tres and Fred, as well as Uruguayan striker Cavani, are still playing in South America, with Brazil facing Paraguay and Uruguay facing Venezuela, so the three won't be back for training until Thursday at the earliest. Manchester United's FA Cup round 4 clash with Middlesbrough is on Friday night and they are likely to miss out.
Mason Greenwood has been detained by the police and has been suspended indefinitely within the club, determined not to play in the FA Cup. Pogba's thigh injury has healed, and the FA Cup is likely to still not return, and Lonnick may not use him until next Tuesday's Premier League match with Burnley. This means that Lonnick may be missing five first-team players from United.
Sancho is likely to return, missing two rounds of United's Premier League due to the death of a relative. Luke Shaw has been sidelined and injured from his last three games, but if Tres is unable to play, he is expected to return to the main squad in the FA Cup.
In addition, the Manchester Evening News said that because there are no new signings in the winter transfer window, and a number of attackers such as Van de Beek, Martial and Amad Diallo are rented, Lonnick may recruit Tunisian international Hannibal Mejebry to join the first team.
The 19-year-old Hannibal, a midfielder signed by Manchester United from Monaco for 10 million euros, could have represented France, but he chose his father's ancestral home in Tunisia and has been selected for the national team 11 times. In the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations, Hannibal started twice and helped the team reach the knockout rounds.
After the tournament, Hannibal gave up the 7-day holiday he could have enjoyed and chose to return to Manchester United early. Hannibal is hoping to reach the first team in the second half of the season, and Greenwood' continued internal suspension penalties could give him the best chance to successfully ascend to the throne.
United's potential squad against Middlesbrough: De Gea, Henderson; Dalo, Wan bissaka, Maguire, Varane, Lindelof, Maguire, Eric Bai, Jones, Luke Shaw; Nemanie Matic, McTomine, Fernandes, Mata, Lingard; Rashford, Anthony Erlanga, Sancho, Ronaldo.