Mourinho has revealed that he is extremely excited at the prospect of working with Cristiano Ronaldo. Mourinho believes that Ronaldo is the best player in the world and has insisted that he is ready to work with the Portugal captain and will get the best out of him. Ronaldo has been criticized a lot for being selfish and not a team player. Mourinho believes he can change Ronaldo’s thinking and make him a team player.

Mourinho said “The main challenge for me is to create a proper team in which each player plays for the team and not for himself. I must succeed in creating a team in which every player can perform at his best.”

“Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world, however it’s important for him to play in a system that he likes. You cannot force someone to play in a specific system. I have heard great feedback about him and I am highly excited to work along side him.”

“I have been informed that he comes to the training the earliest and is the last person to leave. He is a true professional who believes in just winning and nothing else. I am sure we both will understand each other very well and understanding each other is extremely important.”

Wayne Rooney added two more goals to his haul this afternoon and his manager said it wasn't “beyond him” to match Cristiano Ronaldo's record-breaking tally.

“Well obviously I said a while ago it's impossible for a player to get 42 [goals in a season] in the present day but he's on 32, what can I say?” he said. "It's a challenge, obviously, for him. He is capable of scoring goals in the next eight league games and possibly five European games so he's got 13 games possibly which you never know.

“I won't put it beyond him, I was just happy he got onto the 30 mark to be honest with you. We're enjoying his form at the moment, we're enjoying his goalscoring, it's definitely making a difference to our team.”

The United manager also revealed he thought injuries would play a massive part in deciding who will claim the Premier League title at the end of the season. What I think has a bearing, one; staying clear of injuries. We're all getting them, we've got ours at the moment, Chelsea have got theirs and Arsenal have got theirs,” explained the Scot.

Zoran Tosic has revealed Cristiano Ronaldo confided in his team-mates months ago that he wanted to quit Manchester United.

The Serbian winger, 22, says Ronaldo was on his way to Real Madrid long before his £80million transfer came to light a week ago.

Tosic, signed by manager Sir Alex Ferguson in January for £8m from Partizan Belgrade, is now keen to grab Ronaldo's first team slot next season.

But he admits it will be impossible to fill the Portuguese star's boots because he was "United's best player and will keep proving himself the best in the world".

Ronaldo told him well before the end of their title-winning campaign that he had won everything possible at Old Trafford, including a collection of individual accolades, and it was time to move on.

Tosic said: "Ronaldo told us he'd won all the awards and he wanted to try something else. I don't know if he had already signed for Real Madrid.

"He's going to be, yet again, the best player in the world.

"Last season he scored 42 goals, this time 27 and they all said it's his worst season, not enough! In Madrid he will be again the best.

"Cristiano was probably the best player in the team and so someone extra will come to take his place."

Cristiano Ronaldo has vowed to not crack under the pressure of being the world's most expensive footballer.

The winger is set to finalise his record-breaking £80million switch from Manchester United to Real Madrid.

The sheer size of the deal means the spotlight will be even more focused on the Portugal star next season.

But Ronaldo, who is currently on holiday in his homeland, believes he will have no trouble settling into life at the Spanish giants as they attempt to return to the summit of European football.

'My career has always consisted of different challenges. At Manchester United it was like that every year,' he said.

'This season is different because it is a completely different experience for me and the challenges ahead are different ones. The expectations will be very high but I am used to that. I know who I am and I know what I have to do.

Arsenal's diminutive playmaker Andrey Arshavin, such a hit since his January move from Zenit St. Petersburg, has identified a weak spot in the armour of weekend opponents Manchester United.

The Russian thinks that the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo severely affects the Red Devils, and that they are a significantly less challenging prospect to face than when the Ballon d'Or winner is fit and firing.

"The Portuguese forward generally means a lot for them, take him away and United would be much weaker," he told Four-Four-Two magazine.

"We'll only manage to win if we can find their weaknesses, which is not easy. On the surface only strong features are visible."

The Gunners travel to Manchester for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off, with the game significant only because, if Alex Ferguson's men claim at least a point, then they will become champions. Arshavin clearly feels that it is the Red Devils' defensive line that gives them their fundamental strength, allied to a near-perfect attacking line-up.

"A very good goalkeeper, probably the best defence in the world, and a perfect attacking line with Rooney, Berbatov and particularly Ronaldo," he explained.

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Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says they won't give up their pursuit of Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Look, this is a problem that wasn't created by Real Madrid," Calderon told AS. "Madrid are just spectators in this soap opera.

"At the moment Manchester United and the player are in an argument and Madrid are waiting...and we can't do any more for the time being. Obviously, it's clear that we want Cristiano with the quality that he has. But there is a contractual problem that United and the player have to resolve, not us.

"Will he persuade the club to let him go? I can't say that. That question's for the player, who has publicly said his dream is to play for Madrid.

"We hear those words with pride and satisfaction, but his departure doesn't only depend on Cristiano. United are the ones that have to sort it out and it will either happen or not."

Ronaldo has yet to return to Manchester following the operation carried out on his troublesome ankle last month, but Calderon is hopeful that the transfer saga will be resolved when he finally does.

"It could happen then, but it's true that we have to wait developments," he continued. "Everyone's thinking so much about this matter that people can get confused and I understand that they're fed up.

Real Madrid boss Bernd Schuster completely understands the position of Sir Alex Ferguson over his desire to hold onto Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo.

"I am well aware that if I were in his situation I would do the same," said Schuster. "For a player of this kind, not I nor anyone would like to lose him, even if we had won the league and the Champions League.

"He's a player no coach would like to lose. The way the coach of Manchester defends him strikes me as phenomenal."

Manchester United chief executive David Gill is adamant that Real Madrid target Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Ronaldo off making a move to Madrid saying it would be a mistake and now Gill says United have told the Spanish side they have no plans to sell the skilful attacker.

He told Sky Sports News: "We made it clear to them (Real Madrid) from day one we wouldn't welcome a bid, it wouldn't be accepted and therefore I don't think there is not much point in putting one in.

"That's where we are at with the situation.

"Obviously there has been lots of paper talk and a lot of coverage in the media about it and we understand that.

"But the reality of it is we have been very firm from day one."

Michael Carrick says Cristiano Ronaldo would be mad to leave Manchester United.

The Geordie midfielder said: "Knowing what the club is about, I would say there is nowhere better. Everything that surrounds the club is moving in the right direction and now we want to build on that.

"The best thing I have done is to come here. For me, it is a no-brainer that you would want to stay. We have to use what we have achieved and build on it. We drive ourselves on and we expect so much of each other and ourselves.

"People who have nothing to do with us know what we are capable of and that means more European Cups and championships."