RVN:
"I can fulfil all my ambitions at Manchester United.
"That is why I committed myself to the club for so long. I want to be part of this team, this club, for the next four years.
"Before I signed my new contract I spoke with the manager and the club about their plans for the future.
"I know where the club is going and I want to be part of it because they are good plans.
"I don't have a clause in my contract - I don't need one because I want to be here."
His agent, Roger Linse (in The Mirror):
"I'm sick and tired concerning the rumours around Ruud van Nistelrooy,'' Linse told the Sunday Mirror.
"I hoped I wouldn't find myself in a situation where I would have to deny the rubbish that has been written about Ruud and my alleged involvement in attempting to negotiate a transfer to either Barcelona or Real Madrid.
"I have not done a deal with Barcelona and neither me or Ruud have met Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and discussed a move.
"Any player would be flattered by interest from clubs the size of Barcelona and Real Madrid and Ruud is no different.
"But there is nothing going on yet (Ed. ????????) and that is why Rudd is going nowhere.
"He has signed a contract extension until 2008 and nothing has changed in that respect. Until someone says otherwise, he will remain a Manchester United player."
The People claim that RVN can go for £50 million:
Manchester United will slap a staggering £50million price-tag on Ruud van Nistelrooy if Real Madrid persist with their pursuit of the Dutch striker.
Although Sir Alex Fergsuon and Van Nistelrooy staged an unprecedented show of solidarity on Friday, the Spanish giants refuse to give in.
But they would have to shatter the British transfer record to land the United star. Even then, it would be resisted by most of the Old Trafford hierarchy.
We can reveal that part of the reason for the stunning figure is the £10million golden farewell that would go to Van Nistelrooy if he was sold by United.
Stuart Pearson in The M.E.N.
"You can't stop the rumours. Nobody knew what was going on with David, and while nobody thought it was going to happen, everybody had it in the back of their mind because of the publicity surrounding his fallout with Sir Alex.
"There was always that little undercurrent in the background.You could see it was on the cards that Sir Alex would sell him, but not van Nistelrooy.
"The fact that United have given Ruud a new deal will make him realise that Sir Alex thinks he is one of the best players in the team.
"He has apparently put him on a parity with Roy Keane, so he is possibly the best-paid player in the club. He has been put on a pedestal with Roy and we know how highly Sir Alex rates him.
"They probably have a mutual respect for one another and a great working relationship and it would have to be something major for Ruud to want to leave Manchester United.
"We haven't really seen Saha and van Nistelrooy together in a run of games, but before United signed Louis I thought he was the only one in the Premiership I would like to see at Old Trafford, apart from Wayne Rooney, who you knew you wouldn't get.
"Together I think they will be a better strike force than the Henry-Reyes partnership at Highbury. Henry is fantastic, and the young Spaniard will be a good player, but the pace, power and goalscoring abilities of the United pair will be even better."
The excellent Said & Done column in The Observer:
LOVE THIS LIFE "It's ridiculous and laughable to suggest I'll leave,' says Ruud Van Nistelrooy. 'You just have to laugh at it. I love my life in Manchester.' Agent Rodger Linse loves his life in Spain: he first held talks with Real in January, and since then has met Barca president Joan Laporta and vice-president Sandro Rossell - a smokescreen, suggest insiders, for the ongoing talks at Real. 'Sport is opportunistic,' says Linse. 'Things change.'
DE JA WHO? Did Ruud's pledge sound familiar? 'I want to stay at United. There's been lots of stuff in the media about me and Real, but my feelings for Manchester, the club itself, the players, the fans and the backroom staff, are as strong as ever. My affection for the club has never changed from the day I signed for United.' David Beckham, May 2003.
Wenger says that Ruud will stay!!
"I think United will be a major force again next season and I am convinced they will still be with van Nistelrooy," he revealed.
"No matter how much money you have, there aren't that many strikers available who are of his level. I'm sure that United will want to bounce back without taking too many risks.
"Some people say that David Trezeguet will be available but I'm not convinced of that.
"When you lose a striker who scores between 20 and 30 goals a season, you can't say that you're stronger.
"So I cannot imagine that van Nistelrooy will go or Ferguson will allow him to go."
The Observer's Ian Ridley says that everything has it's shelf-life:
Clearly all is not well with Van Nistelrooy at Old Trafford, as one league goal since February illustrates. It rang true when it was reported that Keane had confronted the Dutchman about not pulling his weight. One can easily imagine, too, that the striker's reaction was, 'Nor are you.'
All is not well with Keane. He wanted to play for the Republic of Ireland in Poland. Ferguson said last Saturday that he would be having a word with him about that. On Sunday, Keane's hamstring was playing up. Talk of a summer move to Celtic has since grown louder. Again it is denied. Again, you wonder, with Gerrard such a like-for-like replacement.
It would have been unthinkable once that United could survive without Keane, their driving force. Fall out with Ferguson at your peril, however.
The United manager has never been one for sentiment. His former goalkeeper Jim Leighton was a personal favourite but was dropped for the 1990 FA Cup final replay after conceding three to Crystal Palace. United won 1-0 for Ferguson's first trophy.
He knows, too, that relationships come to an end in football, all loyalty apart. He may feel that he has seen the best of Van Nistelrooy, certainly seen the best of Keane. Jaap Stam's too-revealing autobiography may have upset Ferguson, but he also felt that the defender's powers were waning.
United could yet end the season on a high. Arsenal have had their glorious week, may enjoy another should they finish unbeaten in the league, and Chelsea will assume the spotlight on Wednesday when Monaco come to Stamford Bridge. After that United will have the Cup final to prise a trophy from the season.
In addition, Ferguson's record and ability to confound the doubters deserve the highest respect. He is a fighter when in a corner, as his emergence relatively unscathed from the JP McManus-Rock of Gibraltar episode this season illustrates.
Lose to Millwall and the humiliation may not be survivable, however. That, linked to Arsenal and Chelsea leading the market, along with share-buying in United and talk of takeovers, with the manager's role being questioned, may be too much for even Ferguson to bear.
Relationships between managers and players end; so do those between boards and managers. There is usually one storm in the summer to stun the football world and United may yet steal back the thunder.