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Your support makes all the difference.Cristiano Ronaldo travelled out with the rest of the Manchester United squad to Spain this afternoon ahead of the Champions League match against Villarreal tomorrow.
The Portugal winger was considered doubtful after suffering a leg injury in the draw at Aston Villa on Saturday.
However, he trained with the group this morning and showed no ill effects from his knock and looks likely to feature at some stage in the match.
Darren Fletcher also trained after missing the game against Villa because of a knee problem.
Goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar did not travel - it was understood he was rested and either Ben Foster and Tomasz Kuszczak will play instead.
United will be without Dimitar Berbatov (hamstring) and Wes Brown (ankle) as well as long-term injury victims Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves.
Provisional squad: Foster, Kuszczak, Rafael, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Park, Anderson, Fletcher, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Tevez, Possebon, Gibson, Manucho.
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