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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester United goalkeeper, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has said Cristiano Ronaldo will be in his starting line-ups.<\/p>\n

Ronald returned to Old Trafford 12 years after leaving the club for Real Madrid in 2009.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old spent six years at United and won eight more major trophies.<\/p>\n

Solskjaer relishing the return of the Portugal star, who will make his debut after the international break said, \u201cHe will be away with Portugal.<\/p>\n

\u201cRonaldo was not signed to sit on the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will get him back to Manchester with [Portugal teammate] Bruno [Fernandes], and hopefully he will be involved as soon as possible,\u201d Solskjaer said after the 1-0 win at Wolves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Manchester United goalkeeper, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has said Cristiano Ronaldo will be in his starting line-ups. Ronald returned to Old Trafford 12 years after leaving the club for Real Madrid in 2009. The 36-year-old spent six years at United and won eight more major trophies. 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