Cristiano Ronaldo has welcomed the arrival of Manchester City's new owners and believes the competition in the transfer market is good for the game, though he has all but ruled out a move to Eastlands.

With the Abu Dhabi United Group planning to turn City into football's biggest club upon completion of their takeover, a string of high-profile names have been tipped to join the Premier League side and Portuguese star is one of them.

Robinho has already been signed from Real Madrid in a British transfer-record deal and the group has publicly stated its desire to sign Ronaldo.

Prospective new owner Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim said City would be willing to offer in the region of €170million for the winger.

United have dismissed the notion of selling Ronaldo - and the European Golden Boot winner insists money will not motivate a decision on his future.

"It's good in a way," said Ronaldo, when asked at a press conference about the City takeover. "It's good for football that a club that hasn't won for a number of years.

"It's like Chelsea when Abramovich arrived. They had not won for 50 years and he arrived and they won the Premiership once and then again.

"It's good for football and for any team, not only Manchester, but Arsenal, Liverpool.

"Money doesn't make a club great and it's not the most important thing, but I am not the one making the decisions, so you never know in the future.

He added in the Gazzetta dello Sport: "I don't see myself in the shirt of another Manchester team."