Ronaldo to miss Amsterdam trip

Cristiano Ronaldo will stay at home when Manchester United compete in the Amsterdam tournament this weekend.

Instead the Portugal winger will work on his fitness after only returning to training this week.

Like Ronaldo, Louis Saha and Mikael Silvestre are also staying behind for a similar reason.

Manager Alex Ferguson said: “They only returned to training on Monday so they won’t go.”

The trio could, however, return to action next week in a friendly against Oxford.

Gabriel Heinze and Nemanja Vidic will not feature in Holland either as they are recovering from injuries.