Ferguson said: "We haven't had any recent contact with Real
Madrid. Has there been any attempt to heal the rift? Yeah, that
will be right!
"They put a bid in. I don't know if it was fax or letter or
whatever. Just one. It was sometime in the summer. "But the final
decision was taken at the end of the season when the first nonsense
appeared and Cristiano referred to his future being decided in the
next few days. "It was decided there and then he was staying. There
was never any change in our stance."
The Scot is happy for the matter to have been resolved, and
feels Ronaldo could well stay longer than the single season he has
pledged. He added: "I think we will just let the thing settle down
now. It will take its course.
"The whole business will settle down, he will realise he is at a
great club. It will sort itself out, His future will sort itself
out."