We’ll very likely find out this summer, as United are expected to make a £12m bid, although sceptics will say that he is only hinting at the possibility of the move to get a better contract offer from Real. The Madrid keeper had this to say over the weekend, "For a long time Manchester United have been interested in me. An offer has been put to my agent but, for me, money is not everything in life. There are a lot of questions to be answered before I could leave Madrid but I like the Premiership and United is one of the few clubs that I would go to if I were to leave Spain.
"That is because of its history, tradition, supporters and the way they treat their players. I've spoken with Sir Alex Ferguson several times after matches and I know that he likes me."
His contract is up at the end of next season, and he has already decided that if he leaves Madrid he will be going abroad, "there is no way that I would go to another Spanish club".