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Real Madrid today, took huge measures to calm down the massive public row that has escalated between Real and Manchester United over their very public chasing of United hitman Cristiano Ronaldo.

Late Tuesday United issued a hard hitting statement threatening to report Real to FIFA over their interest in the Portugal winger.

“We have watched with growing irritation the comments attributed to Real Madrid over their alleged desire to sign Cristiano,” the United statement read.

“We will have no alternative but to report Real if it continues to behave in this totally unacceptable fashion.”

United were irritated by comments from Real coach Bernd Schuster claiming the 23-year-old was their number one summer transfer target, despite the fact that Ron has confessed to being ‘happy’ at Old Trafford, and that he is also only just 13 months into a 5 year deal at Old Trafford.

In a bid to take the heat out of the situation Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon declared that the Spanish chmpions did not want “to enter into conflict” with the European champions.

“We’re not going to do anything againt the wishes of a friend like Manchester,” said Calderon as reported in the Spanish media.

“We’re sorry that Manchester are unhappy, but Real have nothing to do with this affair.”

Repeated reports over the past few weeks suggest Real have every intention of going for their man with a lucrative bid of 80 million euros for the United winger.

Calderon added: “We know Manchester are not selling, so why would we persist? It’s a problem between the player and the club.”

According to the club’s boss Real have only let it be known that they are interested in Ronaldo “if he decides one day” to leave England.

Ronaldo is under contract with the English titleholders until 2012. The player himself has not helped the intense speculation by by failing to categorically deny that he might be in the running for a move after last week’s Champions League win over Chelsea in Moscow.

He is currently with the rest of the Portuguese squad at their Euro 2008 training camp and said earlier this week: “What the press speculate about goes over my head.

“I have already been used to it for the past two years.

“I am calm. Everything’s clear and I will repeat it once again so that the whole world understands: there will be news in two or three weeks.

“At the moment I am here, I am going to give my best and do the best possible in the European Championships.”

In Sunday’s edition of Spanish sports paper Marca, Real Madrid’s president Ramón Calderón hit back at Sir Alex Ferguson’s previous remarks about the conduct of Madrid in the tug of war over Cristiano Ronaldo.

Fergie had slated Calderón and the Madrid management for attempting to unsettle United front man,  Cristiano Ronaldo via the media - particularly in the pages of Marca - a charge that the president absolutely denies.

“I’m shocked by what he said about us. I don’t understand Ferguson,” he said to Marca.

“Real Madrid have behaved perfectly over the Cristiano Ronaldo issue. What we’ve always said is that he’s a player under contract and that United aren’t a selling club - that’s all.”

Calderón has recently stated that United cannot prevent Ronaldo from one day heading to the Bernabéu, although they clearly can do for at least the next 4 years, as he is currently only in the second year of a five year deal at Old Trafford.