Calderon Calls off Chase

Real MAdrid manager is finally calling off the chase for Ronaldo, with the German encouraging his boss Ramon Calderon to start looking atother targets.

"As you all know at this club we have been obsessed with signing a player whose name I can't quite remember at the moment," Schuster told reporters at the club's pre-season training base in Austria on Saturday. "When you start something like this you know that if you don't sort it out quickly then it might be too late to sign another player.

"We have had plans in place for several months ready for any movement, for any solution, but the truth is that as time passes you are running the risk that Plan B might have become a little difficult."

He also reserved praise for Sir Alex Ferguson, insisting that if he had been put in a similar position, he would have done exactly the same as the United manager.

"I'm absolutely certain that if I was in his (Ferguson's) position I would do exactly the same. I wouldn't like anyone to take a player like him from me even if I had won the league and the Champions League.

"He is the sort of player that no one wants to lose and for me the way in which the Manchester United manager is defending himself is perfect."