Ronaldo returning to Real Madrid training this week.

Ronaldo will join full-scale Real Madrid training on Thursday for the first time since the end of last season.

"Ronaldo is going very well," said Real coach Fabio Capello. "I spoke with him and we have made a program so that next Thursday he joins the team, when we return from Lyon."

Ronaldo has been recovering from knee surgery performed in Brazil immediately after the World Cup.