"cristiano-ronaldo"

"I was sidelined for a long time, despite having no symptoms and feeling fine. Today I went back to doing what I like, playing football. Cristiano is back, that's the most important thing," the club's official website quoted Ronaldo as saying.

"Ronaldo carried out a check with a diagnostic test (swab) for Covid-19. The exam provided a negative result," the Italian champions said in a statement.

The only possible exemption would be a club which has an active outbreak of Covid-19 with more than 10 new positive cases in a week.

The Portugal star has yet to be cleared to return after testing positive for Covid-19 more than two weeks ago

Rashford's late goal earned United a 2-1 victory away to Paris Saint-Germain last week and at Old Trafford the England striker came on as a second-half substitute and scored three times

Barcelona are top of Group G with six points after two games with Juventus on three. The reverse fixture takes place at the Camp Nou on December 8.

The news comes two days after Ronaldo took part in Portugal's previous Nations League game against France