Any move for Cristiano Ronaldo to return to Manchester United is highly unlikely in the next two years.
That’s according to Sky Sports’ Guillem Balague, who reckons that Real Madrid will have no intention of selling the 29-year-old goal machine, until at least 2016.
Ronaldo, winner of the Ballon d’Or, has been linked with a return to his former club, while speculation has mounted that he could be interested in a move back to Old Trafford.
A group of United fans arranged an aeroplane to fly over El Madrigal during Los Blancos’ 2-0 win over Villarreal at the weekend, featuring a banner with the message “come home”.
But although Ronaldo has recently been critical of the sales of team-mates such as Angel Di Maria and Xabi Alonso, suggestions that he could be next to leave the Santiago Bernabeu have been treated with scorn.
“It is quite clear that Manchester United are letting all this continue because they are interested in Cristiano Ronaldo,” explained Balague, speaking on Sky Sports’ Revista de La Liga.
“Cristiano Ronaldo dreams and would like to go back to Manchester United. It’s just the timing which I think people are getting wrong.
“People want this to happen in January, if possible. It’s not going to happen. In the summer? I don’t think it’s going to happen. Real Madrid have got no intention whatsoever of selling Cristiano Ronaldo next summer.
“In two years’ time I would say yes, that is possibly the time when he will be 31 going on 32, for Real Madrid to say: ‘OK, if we can cash in on him, brilliant. He has done a lot for us, but that’s it, time to move on.
“I don’t think it’s going to happen this summer. People will have to be a little bit more patient.”
Source: Mirror