"It's clear he brings with him the most difficult thing in football, which is the one-against-one, because there are very few people with that quality," Salgado said.

"At the same time I don't think we should lose our heads over a signing. If it goes through we'll welcome him, if not we'll be calm.

"We're going for number 10 (10th European Cup) whether Cristiano comes or not, but he'll surely help us to pick up more (trophies).

"It is known that the club will try any way they can to sign him. If he comes he'll give us a leap in quality and if he doesn't we'll work with what we have to win titles, which is our objective."