Ronaldo: United didn't believe my family situation

Cristiano Ronaldo has joined up with the Portugal squad for the World Cup and insisted his "absolute focus" is on the national team amid a furore over his interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

A day after an initial clip of the interview was released, in which the Manchester United forward accused his club of "betraying" him and trying to force him out, Ronaldo said on Twitter: "Total and absolute focus on the work of the National Team.

"A united group, towards a single objective: to fulfil the dream of all Portuguese people!"

Ronaldo has revealed the reason he did not go on United's pre-season tour of Australia was due to partner Georgina Rodriguez and newborn daughter Bella Esmeralda being in hospital.

Speaking in a TalkTV interview which aired on Monday evening, he said: "I spoke with the director and the president of Manchester United and they kind of didn't believe that something was going wrong, which make me feel bad.

"They believe but in the same way. I am never ever going to change the health of my family for football. Never. Now or 10 years behind or forward, and it is something that really hurt me because they doubt my words.

"That I struggle, especially Bella and Geo who had one week in hospital because of a big problem and I didn't go to the pre-season tour because of that.

"I think it was not fair to leave my family for the pre-season. This is why I didn't go."