Former Real Madrid boss Bernd Schuster says the club did not need Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo last season despite several attempts to lure him to the Bernabeu.

And Schuster also revealed that Ronaldo was not the only player the club was targeting.

"Look, we asked for three or four players if Cristiano didn't come," he told Marca.

"I understood the club would have to pay an extortionate fee to bring that kid, and they made it clear to me that if he came it would be very difficult to get anyone else.

"Maybe one more, but at a very low price. But of course, if he didn't come we could bring someone else in, someone who we really needed.

"The thing is we didn't need Cristiano. That was more a theme the club had going. We knew that with him alone we wouldn't solve other problems because he can't defend nor play on the wing.

"The big surprise was that in the end nobody came."