United have always insisted Ronaldo, 23, is not for
sale but the player still harbours dreams of playing for Real. Yet,
Madrid president Ramon Calderon reckons they will now wait for the
green light from United before making a fresh move.
He said: “It is forgotten, not only for January but
forever. “We would only talk about it if Manchester decide they
want to sell him. “But the matter is over. We talked about it last
season. "Manchester decided not to sell the player and we don’t
want to do anything against a club like Manchester.
“The player decided to stay in Manchester and we accept
it. Madrid is not doing anything to disturb a ’friend club’ like
Manchester. “We are two very big clubs. We want to be good friends
forever. We are in the same market.
"I have a lot of respect for Manchester. I have a good
relationship with David Gill and I want it to be like that for a
long time.”
However, Calderon admits that, if United decided to put the
23-year-old up for sale, Real would consider an offer. "Only if
Manchester decided to sell will we be talking about it," he
continued. "But I would like to say clearly that Madrid is not
doing anything to disturb a nice and friendly club like Manchester.
"That is the final word and we are happy."
Ronaldo now has his sights set on making history by helping
United become the first team to successfully defend the Champions
League. "The summer has passed and what I had to say I said it," he
told Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I am at Manchester and I want to win again with Manchester. "It
was a fantastic season but what is more important is the trophies I
won with Manchester United, the Premier League and the Champions
League.
"Manchester have the potential, players, motivation to win the
Champions League twice in a row. "The team is more mature, has more
experience and (Dimitar) Berbatov has arrived.
"We have to believe in ourselves. I hope to soon find the form
that I had last season in order to do better than in the 2007-08
campaign."