Cristiano Ronaldo will not travel with Manchester United for their pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia after the Portugal striker was given additional time off to deal with a family issue.

Ronaldo was absent on Monday when new United boss Erik ten Hag welcomed the club’s international players to Carrington for the start of pre-season training. The forward told the club he was dealing with a family matter and remained absent on Thursday. As a result, Ronaldo will not be part of the group flying to Bangkok and there is no estimate of when he will link up with United, who face Liverpool in Thailand on Tuesday before flying to Australia.