Ronaldo makes young Man Utd fan's weekend with gesture en route to training

Cristiano Ronaldo made a young Manchester United fan's weekend with a touching gesture en route to the club's training ground.

The young lad was positioned on the side of the road, not too far from Carrington's entrance with a cardboard sign hoping to catch a glimpse of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner.

His sign read: " Ronaldo please could you stop. It would make my weekend."

And when the 36-year-old approached the youngster in his £170,000 Lamborghini Urus he granted the boy's request and pulled over.

The lad managed to get a quick snap with the £385,000-a-week club icon before exchanging brief pleasantries.

A young Manchester United fan waits for Cristiano Ronaldo. ( Image:

Eamonn and James Clarke)

It's a little, but touching gesture from the man who has scored three goals in two appearances since returning to Manchester.

Ronaldo was one of many of the United squad arriving at the Carrington training base before Sunday's away fixture at West Ham.

Donny van de Beek and Alex Telles were also snapped on the same road but both have had limited game time this season.

Ronaldo pulls over for a picture. ( Image:

Eamonn and James Clarke)

Ronaldo's arrival has not only had an impact on the fans - recording record shirt sales following his signing - but also on the players.

However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has played down any such notion that the players are unable to cope with his presence.

"I think it's life as normal, we've signed a good player," said the United boss.

"There's always loads of attention around Cristiano, he copes with it and the players, they just get on with the job and cope with it as well.

"It was a big occasion of course last week with Newcastle, the excitement of the crowd and I thought we did really well, we handled the situation and of course Cristiano, as well, delivered."

Ronaldo's debut saw him score twice against Newcastle and lead United to an important win in the Premier League.

But his goal against Young Boys in the Champions League wasn't enough to prevent defeat in Bern, Switzerland.

And Solskjaer revealed the dressing room's reaction to the midweek loss.

"Of course, you wait to see, when you see them this morning, when you come back in," he said.

"The attitude is like you expect it to [be], they're focused, of course a little bit disappointed but not too downbeat.

"You know it's a setback, we have to do better and we've got five games to get those 10, 12 points we need.

"Of course, it's not the start we wanted but we're a team that can bounce back again and the group is very good."