Despite Sir Alex Ferguson insisting Ronaldo is going nowhere Marca suggest a price tag of 45 million euros might be enough to secure the services of the Portugal international.

Real and Barca have already locked horns for a United player with the 2002 battle for David Beckham with Real prevailing in that transfer skirmish.

On Wednesday one of Ronaldo's agents, Sergio Alves, was quoted in The Sun newspaper as saying offers for next season might be looked into if they came from a big club like Real Madrid or Barcelona.

This prompted Ronaldo teammate Patrice Evra to suggest that any agent asking for a transfer request for Ronaldo would be well advised to approach Ferguson armed with "a bazooka".

"Sir Alex Ferguson would know exactly how to welcome him. Protective equipment would be needed before going into the manager's office," the Frenchman said.