Cristiano Ronaldo insisted Monday that his explosive row with Manchester United would not impact Portugal&rsquo;s chances at the World Cup as they prepare for their opening match in Qatar with Ghana.&nbsp;
Last week superstar Ronaldo lashed out at Premier League club United and the team&rsquo;s coach Erik ten Hag in a TV interview after being relegated to a peripheral role this season.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I have no doubt that this recent episode, that interview, and other episodes with other players that happen sometimes, can sometimes shake the player but won&rsquo;t shake the team,&rdquo; Ronaldo said at a press conference at the Portugal camp. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/manchester-united-to-take-appropriate-steps-after-explosive-ronaldo-comments-23256302" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ronaldo</a>, who is set to start his fifth and likely final World Cup, was suspended for the Premier League club&rsquo;s 1-1 draw at Chelsea after refusing to come on as a substitute against Tottenham last month.&nbsp;
The 37-year-old claimed during the interview that he felt &ldquo;provoked&rdquo; into that reaction by Ten Hag and on Monday was unrepentant about giving the interview. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have to worry about what others think, I talk when I want to,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everybody in the team knows who I am, what I believe in.&rdquo;&nbsp;
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Ronaldo said frosty interaction with his team-mate for club and country Bruno Fernandes, along with images of him grabbing <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/toneys-brace-helps-brentford-stun-man-city-23255258" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Manchester City</a>&rsquo;s Joao Cancelo by the head, had been being overblown by the media. &ldquo;In these final stages of competitions there&rsquo;s always those type of moments,&rdquo; said Ronaldo.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We were just playing around, I have a great relationship with him. I was asking him, because his plane was late, I asked him if he came by boat. &ldquo;The same thing happened with Cancelo, he was a bit sad during training and I grabbed him by the neck and told him &lsquo;Come on, you&rsquo;ve got this&rsquo;, that&rsquo;s what I said. And then it became another controversy at your end.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The whole atmosphere is excellent, it&rsquo;s bulletproof and iron clad. The next player who comes here, you don&rsquo;t have to ask about that, don&rsquo;t talk about me, you don&rsquo;t have to talk about Cristiano Ronaldo... help them out, ask them about the World Cup.&rdquo; Portugal open their Group H campaign against Ghana on Thursday before facing Uruguay and South Korea.
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Last week superstar Ronaldo lashed out at Premier League club United and the team’s coach Erik ten Hag in a TV interview after being relegated to a peripheral role this season

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