Cristiano Ronaldo has played down suggestions he
could leave Manchester United for local rivals Manchester
City.
With the Abu Dhabi United Group planning to turn City into
football's biggest club upon completion of their takeover, a string
of high-profile names have been tipped to join the Premier League
side.
Robinho has already been signed from Real Madrid in a British
transfer record deal and Ronaldo has also been linked with a move
to the City of Manchester Stadium.
New owner Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim has intimated that City would be
willing to offer in the region of £135million for the Portuguese
winger.
United have dismissed the notion of selling Ronaldo and the
European Golden Boot winner says money will not motivate a decision
on his future.
Good for football
"It's good in a way," said Ronaldo at a press conference
regarding the City takeover. "It's good for football that a club
that hasn't won for a number of years.
"It's like Chelsea when Abramovich arrived. They had not won for
50 years and he arrived and they won the Premiership once and then
again.
"It's good for football and for any team, not only Manchester,
but Arsenal, Liverpool.
"Money doesn't make a club great and it's not the most important
thing, but I am not the one making the decisions, so you never know
in the future.
He added in the Gazzetta dello Sport: "I don't see myself in the
shirt of another Manchester team."