Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed he will stay at Manchester United for this season after clear-the-air talks with the club.And Ronaldo, 23, has now said for the first time that he will play for the Premier League and Champions League title holders in the forthcoming campaign where he is under contract until 2012.
He told Publico: "Manager Sir Alex Ferguson heard my arguments, I heard his and it was felt the best thing would be for me to stay.
"I can confirm that next season I will play for Manchester United."
Ronaldo also took the blame for failing to dampen speculation that he was set for a world-record transfer to the Bernabeu.
He added: "I was responsible for all this controversy. I was the one who publicly expressed my desire to go to Real Madrid. I ended up being, even involuntarily, responsible for the poor relationship between the two clubs.
"I knew Real Madrid were interested in signing me and that they had allegedly made a very high offer to Manchester United.
"My desire was, for some time, that Manchester had accepted my transfer to Madrid. Saying otherwise would be to trick people and my own consciousness."
