The Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo is still several weeks away from full fitness, despite having made an impressive return to the Manchester United line-up.

The 23-year-old underwent ankle surgery after the European Championship finals in the summer and missed the opening weeks of the new domestic season as a result.

However, he has now featured five times for United this season and has started three times in the last week, finding the net against both Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers and playing in the the 3-0 Champions League victory at Aalborg BK.

"It will be another two or three weeks before I can give 100 per cent," he said.

"I feel very good. There is good improvement there and I am very happy to be back.

"But my ankle has still not fully recovered, I still feel it a little bit. The medical staff say that that is normal and I feel very confident about the future."