Alex Ferguson has rubbished speculation linking Cristiano Ronaldo with a shock move to Spanish champions Real Madrid.
Ferguson has seen the Portuguese winger constantly linked with moves to Real or Barcelona in recent seasons.
The 22-year-old fuelled the speculation following the 2006 World Cup by admitting he wanted to play in the Primera Liga at some stage in his career, but United fought off huge interest from Real and Barca to persuade the youngster to commit himself to a new five-year contract last year.
However, renewed speculation has suggested that Ronaldo could be the subject of a world-record £75mil bid from Real, but Ferguson insists that the talk is no different to what he has come to expect.
He said: “I anticipated this. It happens every year in the New Year and you can expect some sort of speculation. The thing with this is, Real are supposed to have spoken to us and (chief executive) David Gill is supposed to have spoken to them, but that’s just a lie.
“We’ve never spoken to them and they have never spoken to us. It’s mischievous to the best part, but I just dismiss it because it is nonsense.
“Who wouldn’t be interested in Ronaldo? That’s why we bought him, but it’s nonsense. He has maybe said he wants to play in Spain one day, but does that include Real Madrid or Barcelona?”
Ferguson has been linked with big money transfers himself, with Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov and Bolton’s Nicolas Anelka said to be top of his shopping list.
But the Scot laughed off talk of any major signings coming to Old Trafford during the January window.
“It is the old game they play,” Ferguson said. “Everyone’s trying to play a game, trying to create speculation about who you are going to buy and of course we would have to be buying someone wouldn’t we.
“It is the name of the game for Manchester United.”
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