Cristiano Ronaldo spotted for first time since explosive Piers Morgan interview as Man Utd ace links up with Portugal

CRISTIANO RONALDO has been spotted for the first time since his explosive interview with Piers Morgan came to light.

The Portuguese forward made a series of stunning admissions while chatting exclusively to The Sun's Piers.

After venting about his sorry situation at Manchester United, Ronaldo has linked up with his national team.

The disgruntled ace has been training at Cidade do Futebol, Oeiras, alongside a number of other Portugal stars.

Ronaldo, 37, was seen chatting with Atletico Madrid ace Joao Felix on the training pitch today.

While he completed drills alongside other national team-mates too.

The striker will be putting his club situation to the back of his mind now as he plots a way to add the World Cup to his bulging trophy cabinet.

Portugal take on Nigeria in Lisbon on Thursday, before jetting out to Qatar.

They will get their World Cup campaign underway against Ghana in Doha next Thursday, before taking on Uruguay and South Korea in their other group games.

Speaking to Piers, Ronaldo accused Man United of "betraying" him, and treating him like a black sheep.

In an extraordinary interview he went on to admit that he doesn't respect manager Erik ten Hag and had never heard of former interim boss Ralf Rangnick.

He then revealed the shock he experienced upon his return to the club last year at the lack of progress the club had made off the pitch since his departure in 2009.

Ronaldo also blasted "jealous" critic Wayne Rooney.

Man United made a brief statement in response to their No7's interview earlier this afternoon - with club chiefs set to meet TODAY to decide what to do about the situation.

Ronaldo missed the Red Devils' last two games with illness.