Alex Ferguson told Real Madrid on Friday that Manchester United would not be bullied into selling Cristiano Ronaldo. Ferguson's comments came as Ronaldo, who scored in United's Champions League final win over Chelsea, spoke to reporters in Lisbon to deny media speculation he had agreed to join Real and to say there could be news on his future in two weeks.
"Real Madrid are not the only club interested in Ronaldo, but other clubs are not saying so," Ferguson told reporters. "Do you not think we've not had interest from big clubs around Europe about our best players? Of course, we have. But they don't get into the nonsense (Real) get into.
"They think they can ride rough-shod over everyone, but they won't do it with us. We only sold them Ruud van Nistelrooy (in 2006) and David Beckham (2003) because we wanted to." Ronaldo, speaking at Lisbon airport, said: "Right now my mind is set on the European Championship. My future will be discussed during the next two weeks, we'll see."