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Ronaldo excited about return of Portugal's 'King' Pepe

Ronaldo is excited about the return of experienced defender Pepe to the Portugal squad after he missed Thursday's 3-1 win over Turkey due to COVID-19. "The king is back! Pepe is back in the house! Look out!" a smiling Ronaldo shouted before Portugal's training session on a warm and sunny Sunday morning in Porto as the 39-year-old defender emerged from the dressing room. They laughed and hugged before beginning the warm-up side by side, in the penultimate training session before the World Cup qualifying playoff against North Macedonia on Tuesday for a place in this year's tournament in Qatar.

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Ronaldo excited about return of Portugal's 'King' Pepe

Damning Mason Mount stat debunks bizarre social media myth to fulfil Thomas Tuchel's NBA promise

Leicester City told to make defender decision as contract expiry looms

Mason Mount admits to major ‘concern’ over Chelsea takeover as Raine Group make sale decisions

Giant-killers North Macedonia ready to destroy Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup dream

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