Manchester United chief executive David Gill is taking Manchester City's reported interest in Cristiano Ronaldo 'with a pinch of salt'.

City's potential new owner, Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim of the Abu Dhabi United Group, has revealed he intends to lodge a £100million plus bid for United star Ronaldo.

But Gill insists Al-Fahim's comments cannot be taken too seriously.

"It was an interesting comment, I think it's a fan's-type comment," said Gill.

"It's interesting when Alex [Ferguson] mentioned the Dimitar Berbatov signing in advance that complaints were made to the Premier League.

"He mentioned [Fernando] Torres and [Cesc] Fabregas in the same article so I think we will treat that with a pinch of salt.

"I have never met the gentleman. That is a fantastic amount of money and would turn the industry upside down so I can't believe he is serious at those sorts of levels.

"Ultimately we would discuss any offer with Alex and the owners, as that sort of money is very large for one person. But we are not in the market to sell our best players."