Manchester United manager insists Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale

Immediately after news broke that Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't with Manchester United for their preseason friendlies in Asia and Australia, rumors ran wild that he was on his way out of Old Trafford. 

But Man U. manager Erik ten Hag is maintaining that the international soccer star is away from the team for personal reasons and nothing more -- and that he is absolutely not for sale.

"We are planning for Cristiano Ronaldo for the season and that's it," ten Hag said in a press conference on Monday, via ESPN. "I'm looking forward to working with him. I have read [that he wants to leave], but what I say is Cristiano is not for sale, he is in our plans and we want success together.

"I spoke with him before this issue came up, I had a conversation with him and I had a good talk. That is between Cristiano and me, what I can confirm is we had a really good conversation together."