Cristiano Ronaldo has played down suggestions he could leave Manchester United for local rivals 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.

Prospective 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 insists money will not motivate a decision on his future.

Good for football

"It's good in a way," said Ronaldo, when asked at a press conference about 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."