Ronaldo fitness worry for United

Alex Ferguson has pleaded with Cristiano Ronaldo not to play for Portugal next week if he is still carrying an injury.

Ronaldo picked up an ankle knock in Manchester United's 1-0 Barclays Premiership win at Blackburn but Ferguson said it was for the player to decide whether to face Kazakhstan.

United boss Ferguson said: "Cristiano has a European Championship game, he's got an ankle knock, but he will decide in the best interests of the boy and the team.

"It's against Kazakhstan so you would have thought Portugal could handle that without Ronaldo but if he's got one of these injuries which is 50-50 I hope he doesn't play."

Ferguson has already had Gary Neville pull out of the England friendly in Holland in midweek with a recurrence of a calf injury.