Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that Cristiano Ronaldo's recovery from surgery is well on track. The Manchester United and Portugal international winger had ankle surgery, and is on course to return in October.

He said: "Cristiano has been doing excellently. He is well ahead of schedule. The specialist was surprised the condition he was in.

"The next three weeks he will have rehab and then the next part will be endurance work and serious running before he goes into the football side with us.

"There has been no problem, his progress has been great. He has never missed a session morning or afternoon. We are pencilling him in for the beginning of October."