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Overview
- Cristiano Ronaldo abruptly left Portugal’s training camp in Copenhagen and flew home on his private jet, an action reported to have occurred on September 30 and confirmed by multiple outlets.
- On October 6 he published a long communiqué in which he apologised for leaving the camp and said he will accept whatever sanction the Federação Portuguesa de Futebol applies and be available to play after serving any suspension.
- Ronaldo says the row began when coach Jorge Jesus failed to keep a promise to play him about 30 minutes against Norway and that Jesus did not make the public apology they had agreed to.
- Under FPF rules a player who abandons a national camp can face a one- to six-month suspension and Ronaldo told reporters he accepts no mitigating circumstances because of his captaincy role.
- Portugal have continued to win and qualified for the Nations League quarter-finals without Ronaldo and media reports state he may refuse to return while Jorge Jesus remains coach, leaving a political and sporting stalemate the federation must resolve.